Plankton component
The crossword clue "Plankton component" is answered by ALGA, a 4-letter entry. Used 20 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 2004. 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 20 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- DIATOM (1 uses in xd)
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
- 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
- Lichen component - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
- 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
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Molecule component - ATOM, used 71 times
- Constellation component - STAR, used 50 times
- Brass component - ZINC, used 43 times
- Chromosome component - GENE, used 34 times
- Component - PART, used 30 times
- Rosary component - BEAD, used 30 times
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