Extinguishes birthday candles, say Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% BLOWS Extinguishes birthday candles, say (5) Wall Street Journal Sep 30, 2025
8% BLEW Extinguished a birthday candle (4) USA Today May 25, 2024
7% AGE Birthday candle count (3)
7% BLOW Try to extinguish a birthday candle (4)
6% LIT Illuminated a candle, say (3)
6% PUTS Extinguishes, with "out" (4)
6% DOUSED Extinguished (6) Universal Jul 17, 2025
6% OUT Extinguished (3) Puzzler Backwords Jul 15, 2025
6% BLOWING Extinguishing the candles on a cake, say (7)
6% SNUFF Extinguish candle (5)

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