Warms up
The crossword clue "Warms up" is answered by THAWS, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1962. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
THAWS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the THAWS answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1962. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- GETSREADY (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for THAWS
Every other clue in this collection answered by THAWS, most used first.
- Defrosts - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Melts - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Starts to melt - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Unfreezes - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Liquefies - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Spring events - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Unbends - used 7 times, most recently in 2002
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Warms up - HEATS, used 33 times
- Warms up the crowd - OPENS, used 10 times
- Warms - HEATS, used 9 times
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