Crossword Clue: Caffeinated morning brew
Here's the answer to the Caffeinated morning brew crossword clue, with an explanation and where it has appeared.
Definition & answer: COFFEE
The answer to "Caffeinated morning brew" is COFFEE. Coffee runs 6 letters — 3 vowels and 3 consonants — opening with C and closing on E. In a grid it fills a 6-square slot whose letters are each shared with a crossing word, so the intersections do a lot of the heavy lifting when the clue itself is tough.
Origin & meaning
Coffee is brewed from roasted seeds of the coffee cherry and is one of the world's most traded commodities. Legend credits its discovery to an Ethiopian goatherd who noticed his goats grew lively after eating the berries.
Common usage
You'll see COFFEE in grids regularly — its 6-letter, 3 vowels shape is exactly what setters need to bridge trickier entries. When one intersecting letter is already in place, especially the C or E, COFFEE tends to fall fast.
Crossword trivia
Short answers like COFFEE are the connective tissue of a crossword. You'll meet COFFEE again and again, and recognizing it instantly is one of the quiet skills that separates fast solvers from slow ones.
Stuck on this clue?
The fastest way past a stubborn clue like this one is the grid itself: pencil in the easy crossing answers first, and COFFEE will often be the only word that fits the letters you already have.
This clue in different puzzles
Setters vary how they clue COFFEE — sometimes with a straight dictionary definition, sometimes with wordplay, a pun, or a fill-in-the-blank — but the answer itself stays the same. Learning to spot the answer behind the disguise is a core crossword skill.
Example sentences
- "Once the C was confirmed by the crossing word, COFFEE was the only entry that fit."
- "A 6-letter slot and a clue like 'Caffeinated morning brew'? That's COFFEE nine times out of ten."
- "I second-guessed it, but the crossing answers confirmed COFFEE was right."