The Clue
Singes (5 letter answer)
The Answer
CHARS
Tags
Notes
The answer CHARS is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1000 puzzles.
Related Clues
Blackens
Burns
Carbonizes
Scorches
Toasts
Barbecues badly
Burns black
British cleaners and scrubbers
Puts some black lines on
Definition
CHAR as a noun:
1. a charred substance
2. (charwoman, char, cleaning woman, cleaning lady, woman) = a human female who does housework; "the char will clean the carpet"
3. (char, charr) = any of several small troutlike fish of the genus Salvelinus
CHAR as a verb:
1. (char, coal) = burn to charcoal; "Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything"
2. (char, blacken, sear, scorch) = burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling"