The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word YEAST which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2000.
Leaven crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters | 
|---|---|---|
| YEAST | 93 % | 5 | 
| BARM | 7 % | 4 | 
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Leaven
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- raise
 - prove
 - yeast
 - unleavened
 - hametz
 - barm
 - bread
 - chometz
 - sourness
 - chametz
 - flour
 - rottenness
 
Crossword Answer definitions
YEAST noun- An often humid, yellowish froth produced by fermenting malt worts, and used to brew beer, leaven bread, and also used in certain medicines.
 - A single-celled fungus of a wide variety of taxonomic families.
 - A frothy foam.
 
- To ferment.
 - (of something prepared with a yeasted dough) To rise.
 - To exaggerate
 
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 YEAST
- Baker's need
 - Dough raiser
 - Dough riser
 - Brewer's buy
 - Brewer's ingredient
 - One way to raise dough
 - Riser
 - Brewer's need
 - Bakery buy
 - This can double your dough