Use a straw
The crossword clue "Use a straw" is answered by SIP, a 3-letter entry. Used 85 times across 32 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
SIP
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SIP answer page.
Used 85 times across 32 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 14 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.
- DRINK (1 uses in xd)
- SIPHON (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for SIP
Every other clue in this collection answered by SIP, most used first.
- Taste - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
- Small drink - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- Drink slowly - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- Nurse - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Tentative taste - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- Small taste - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Drink daintily - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Try the tea - used 35 times, most recently in 2024
- Small swallow - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
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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.
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- Use a crowbar - PRY, used 55 times
- Use a shuttle - TAT, used 53 times
- Use a chair - SIT, used 46 times
- Use needle and thread - SEW, used 40 times
- Use oars - ROW, used 38 times
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