Oven's countdown device

The answer

TIMER

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TIMER answer page.

Used 9 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2020. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for TIMER

Every other clue in this collection answered by TIMER, most used first.

• Stopwatch - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
• Microwave feature - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Oven feature - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
• Track official - used 27 times, most recently in 2020
• Kitchen counter? - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Race official - used 15 times, most recently in 2019
• Kitchen gadget - used 14 times, most recently in 2009
• Hourglass, e.g. - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Stopwatch, e.g. - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Kitchen device - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
• Hourglass - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Sports official - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Stopwatch or hourglass - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Track-meet official - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Countdown device - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• AM/FM device - RADIO, used 53 times
• Weighing device - SCALE, used 46 times
• Measuring device - GAUGE, used 40 times
• Literary device - IRONY, used 37 times
• Doppler device - RADAR, used 31 times
• Detection device - SONAR, used 29 times

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