Compliment to the chef

The answer

YUM

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the YUM answer page.

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2004. 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.

• DELICIOUS (1 uses in xd)
• MMMM (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for YUM

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

• "Delicious!" - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
• "Tasty!" - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• "Delish!" - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• "Dee-lish!" - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• "Tastes great!" - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• "That's tasty!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• "Scrumptious!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• "So tasty!" - 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.

• In the past - AGO, used 1,064 times
• In the style of - ALA, used 784 times
• Under the weather - ILL, used 536 times
• "___ the season ..." - TIS, used 398 times
• To the ___ degree - NTH, used 389 times
• In the manner of - ALA, used 367 times

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