Type of metabolism
The crossword clue "Type of metabolism" is answered by BASAL, a 5-letter entry. Used 10 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BASAL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BASAL answer page.
Used 10 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for BASAL
Every other clue in this collection answered by BASAL, most used first.
- Fundamental - used 54 times, most recently in 2025
- ___ metabolism - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Kind of metabolism - used 24 times, most recently in 2022
- ___ metabolic rate - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Metabolism descriptor - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Metabolism type - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Underlying - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
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