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"fresh" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often new (3 letters).
Definitions
New, recently made, clean, or not stale.
Word origin
From Middle English fressh, from Old English fersċ (“fresh, pure, sweet”), from Proto-West Germanic *frisk (“fresh”), from Proto-Germanic *friskaz (“fresh”), from Proto-Indo-European *preysk- (“fresh”). The verb is from Middle English freshen (“to freshen”), from the adjective.
Used in a sentence
“He followed the fresh hoofprints to find the deer.”
“I seem to make fresh mistakes every time I start writing.”
“With his recent divorce still fresh in his mind, he was unable to concentrate on his work.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer8 curated clues
01“Like newly baked bread”5 letters
02“New or recently made”5 letters
03“Newly picked”5 letters
04“Newly picked, as fruit”5 letters
05“Recently made or picked”5 letters
06“Recently picked”5 letters
07“Recently picked or made”5 letters
08“Newly made or picked”5 letters
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