The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word PUNKY which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2008.
Very slow-burning, as a fire crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PUNKY | 100 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Very slow-burning, as a fire
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- burn
- spark
- sparking
- fired
- inflammable
- incendiary
- smothered
- smothering
- blazing
- matchlock
- hang
- light
Crossword Answer definitions
PUNKY noun- A small two-winged fly or midge of the family Ceratopogonidae, which bites and then sucks the blood of mammals; the biting midge; sandfly.
- A fish, Lepomis gibbosus.
- Of or pertaining to punk (touchwood) - soft or rotted.
- Of or pertaining to the punk subculture.
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