The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SEETHE , but the solution may also be SMOLDER which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Do a slow burn crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SEETHE | 51 % | 6 |
| STEW | 20 % | 4 |
| FUME | 12 % | 4 |
| SMOLDER | 9 % | 7 |
| SEERED | 2 % | 6 |
| SIMMER | 2 % | 6 |
| FRET | 1 % | 4 |
| STEAM | 1 % | 5 |
| BRAISE | 1 % | 6 |
| SMOULDER | 1 % | 8 |
Why may SMOLDER be the right solution?
The phrase "do a slow burn" means to feel intense anger that is slowly building up. "Smolder" means to burn slowly with smoke but no flame, which perfectly matches the idea of simmering anger.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Do a slow burn
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- straiten
- taihoa
- tight
- angust
- picking
- angustation
- narrowly
- straight
- strait and narrow
- strait
Crossword Answer definitions
SEETHE verb- To boil.
- (of a liquid) To boil vigorously.
- (of a liquid) To foam in an agitated manner, as if boiling.
- (of a person) To be in an agitated or angry mental state, as if boiling.
- (of a place) To buzz with activity.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result SEETHE
- "___ pyramids along the Nile ..."
- Simmer
- Do a slow burn
- Stew slowly
- Boil
- Boil over with anger
- Bubble with rage
- Brood angrily
- Rage
- Churn
More clues leading to the result STEW
- Astrologer to Elizabeth I
- Bouillabaisse
- Burgoo, e.g.
- Crockpot concoction
- Hobo fare
- Slow-cooked meal
- Worry
- Agonize over
- Bouillabaisse, for one
- Cold weather meal
More clues leading to the result FUME
- See red
- Get hot under the collar
- ___ hood (chemistry-lab apparatus)
- Show anger
- Seethe
- Noxious vapor
- Tailpipe emission
- Feel like punching something
- Exhaust pipe emission
- Be about to blow
More clues leading to the result SMOLDER
- Burn below the surface
- Do a slow burn
- Burn slowly
- Feel suppressed anger
- Burn without flames
- Exist in latent state.
- Manifest suppressed anger.
- Burn smokily.
- Burn without flame.
- Burn without flame
More clues leading to the result SEERED
- Ticked off
- Get really steamed
- Do a slow burn
- Become enraged
- Fume
- Lose one's cool
- Get mad
- Be irate
- Get really ticked off
- Become really angry
More clues leading to the result SIMMER
- Low setting
- Cook without boiling
- Not quite boil
- Seethe
- Experience inner turmoil
- Keep just below a boil
- "___ down!": cool it!
- Almost bubble
- Do a slow burn
- Soup recipe directive
More clues leading to the result FRET
- Worry
- Guitar neck part
- Guitar part
- Fingerboard ridge
- Viol feature
- Neck division
- Neck line?
- Fender marking
- Neck line
- Neckline?
More clues leading to the result STEAM
- Kind of bath
- Kind of shovel
- Prepare clams
- Prepare rice
- Propellant for Casey Jones
- Vapor
- Word with iron or bath
- You might blow it off
- Calliope power
- Prepare veggies, in a way
More clues leading to the result BRAISE
- Brown and simmer
- Cook in liquid
- Simmer slowly, as beef
- Sauté and simmer
- Prepare, as Swiss steak
- Sauté, then simmer
- Make pot roast, say
- Recipe direction
- Saute in fat
- Cook, in a way