The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word STIR , but the solution may also be CHOP which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Recipe directive crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STIR | 65 % | 4 |
| MINCE | 10 % | 5 |
| ADD | 8 % | 3 |
| SIFT | 5 % | 4 |
| BOIL | 3 % | 4 |
| GRATE | 3 % | 5 |
| MIXIN | 3 % | 5 |
| CHOP | 3 % | 4 |
| SEASONTOTASTE | 3 % | 13 |
Why may CHOP be the right solution?
The answer "CHOP" is the right solution because it is a directive commonly found in recipes. It tells you to cut food into small, even pieces.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Recipe directive
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- instruction
- direction
- step
- manipulate
- first hand
- contact
- trace
- manipulative
- first cause
- manipulator
- proscription
- look in
Crossword Answer definitions
STIR noun- The act or result of stirring (moving around the particles of a liquid etc.)
- Agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements.
- Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar.
- Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions.
- To incite to action
- To disturb the relative position of the particles of, as of a liquid, by passing something through it; to agitate.
- To agitate the content of (a container), by passing something through it.
- To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot.
- To change the place of in any manner; to move.
- To move; to change one’s position.
- To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy oneself.
- To become the object of notice; to be on foot.
- To rise, or be up and about, in the morning.
- Jail; prison.
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 STIR
- Begin to move
- Brouhaha
- Combine
- Cooking direction
- Mix up
- Ruckus
- Tend to the batter
- Tend to the sauce
- Use a swizzle stick
- __-crazy
More clues leading to the result MINCE
- Dice
- Chop finely
- Prepare garlic, perhaps
- Kind of meat pie?
- Kind of pie
- Chop into bits
- Walk affectedly
- Pulverize, almost
- Subdivide minutely
- Cut into small pieces
More clues leading to the result ADD
- Sum up
- Do some carrying, maybe
- Recipe instruction
- Recipe word
- 2 + 2, e.g.
- Be calculating
- Put more in
- Put two and two together, maybe
- Supplement
- Tack on
More clues leading to the result SIFT
- Examine and sort carefully
- Winnow
- Go through
- Work on evidence
- Do a floury chore
- Look through laboriously
- Sprinkle, as sugar on a cake
- Process flour
- Remove particles from
- Separate with a sieve
More clues leading to the result BOIL
- See red
- Seethe
- Lance target
- One way to cook
- Lancer's item
- Distill, in a way
- Start to steam
- Go ballistic
- Prepare, as pasta
- Go beyond simmering
More clues leading to the result GRATE
- Prepare Parmesan
- Prepare the Romano
- Prepare Parmesan cheese
- Shred potatoes
- Furnace feature
- Rankle
- Get annoying
- Set teeth on edge
- Storm-drain cover
- Iron framework
More clues leading to the result MIXIN
- Add to the concoction
- Recipe directive
- Recipe phrase
- Meddle
- Add while stirring
- Add to the batter
- Recipe sentence starter
- Add, as a batter ingredient
- Ice cream extra
- Blend.
More clues leading to the result CHOP
- Karate move
- ___ Suey
- Karate blow
- Pork cut
- Recipe instruction
- Use a hatchet
- Hack
- Hew
- Shift or veer, as wind
- Karate belt?