Lichen component
The crossword clue "Lichen component" is answered by ALGA, a 4-letter entry. Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ALGA
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALGA answer page.
Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ALGA
Every other clue in this collection answered by ALGA, most used first.
- Seaweed - used 98 times, most recently in 2022
- Pond growth - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- Pond organism - used 53 times, most recently in 2024
- Pond plant - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
- Water plant - used 33 times, most recently in 2006
- Aquatic plant - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- Aquatic organism - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Bit of pond scum - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Plankton component - used 20 times, most recently in 2015
- Pond floater - used 19 times, most recently in 2022
- Pond scum - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Seaweed, e.g. - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Bit of plankton - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Tiny pond plant - used 14 times, most recently in 2014
- Kelp, e.g. - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Aquarium growth - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Birdbath organism - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
- Kelp - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Rootless plant - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
- Pond life - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Sea lettuce. - used 8 times, most recently in 2000
- Sea moss. - used 8 times, most recently in 1967
- Simple plant - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Bit of pond vegetation - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Marine plant - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
- Water growth - used 7 times, most recently in 2000
- Bit of aquarium gunk - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- One-celled plant - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
- Pond scum organism - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Sea lettuce, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Unwanted aquarium organism - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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- Constellation component - STAR, used 50 times
- Brass component - ZINC, used 43 times
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- Component - PART, used 30 times
- Rosary component - BEAD, used 30 times
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