Chemical analysis
The crossword clue "Chemical analysis" is answered by ASSAY, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ASSAY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ASSAY answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for ASSAY
Every other clue in this collection answered by ASSAY, most used first.
- Evaluate - used 58 times, most recently in 2025
- Analyze - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Test for purity - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
- Test - used 29 times, most recently in 2019
- Analyze, as ore - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Ore analysis - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Test, as ore - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
- Analyze ore - used 20 times, most recently in 2016
- Test one's metal - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
- Examine - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
- Analyze, as an alloy - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Test ore - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- A miner test? - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
- Analyze for purity - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Check for purity - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Evaluate, as ore - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Rate for purity - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Analysis - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
- Appraise - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Determine if it's gold - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
- Ore examination - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Put to a test - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
- Put to the test - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
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.
- Chemical compound - ESTER, used 115 times
- Chemical compound - AMINE, used 33 times
- Chemical compound. - OXIDE, used 26 times
- Chemical compound - AMIDE, used 18 times
- Chemical compounds - ENOLS, used 13 times
- Like some chemical bonds - IONIC, used 13 times
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