Use a swizzle stick

The answer

STIR

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STIR answer page.

Used 114 times across 33 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 24 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for STIR

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

• Commotion - used 236 times, most recently in 2026
• Mix with a spoon - used 117 times, most recently in 2026
• Mix - used 105 times, most recently in 2026
• Recipe direction - used 102 times, most recently in 2026
• Agitate - used 98 times, most recently in 2026
• Recipe instruction - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
• Swizzle - used 78 times, most recently in 2026
• To-do - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• Recipe verb - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• Mix up - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
• Show signs of life - used 59 times, most recently in 2025
• Ado - used 56 times, most recently in 2020
• Hubbub - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• Ruckus - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• Mix together - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Hoosegow - used 41 times, most recently in 2020
• Budge - used 36 times, most recently in 2011
• Cookbook direction - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
• Move - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
• Brouhaha - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Recipe directive - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
• Cooking direction - used 30 times, most recently in 2011
• Slammer - used 30 times, most recently in 2016
• Move a muscle - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
• Rouse - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Move slightly - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• Culinary directive - used 25 times, most recently in 2017
• Use a teaspoon - used 25 times, most recently in 2015
• Fuss - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Start to wake up - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Hullabaloo - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Begin to awaken - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Recipe word - used 22 times, most recently in 2021
• Move a bit - used 21 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.

• Stick around - STAY, used 171 times
• Walking stick - CANE, used 162 times
• Use a keyboard - TYPE, used 113 times
• Use scissors - SNIP, used 81 times
• Not in use - IDLE, used 50 times
• Stick in one's ___ - CRAW, used 45 times

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