Grain husks
The crossword clue "Grain husks" is answered by CHAFF, a 5-letter entry. Used 15 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1971. 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
CHAFF
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CHAFF answer page.
Used 15 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1971. 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 CHAFF
Every other clue in this collection answered by CHAFF, most used first.
- Refuse - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Banter - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Grain harvest debris - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Worthless matter - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
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.
- Bundle of grain - SHEAF, used 35 times
- Grain disease - ERGOT, used 27 times
- Of a grain - OATEN, used 21 times
- "Waves of grain" color - AMBER, used 17 times
- Grain fungus - ERGOT, used 15 times
- Ground grain - GRIST, used 15 times
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