Residue
The crossword clue "Residue" is answered by DREG, a 4-letter entry. Used 14 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1944. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DREG
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DREG answer page.
Used 14 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1944. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for DREG
Every other clue in this collection answered by DREG, most used first.
- Remnant - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
- Vestige - used 22 times, most recently in 2022
- Bit of sediment - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
- Bottom-of-the-barrel bit - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Barrel bottom bit - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Bit of residue - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Small amount of residue - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
- Small remnant - used 10 times, most recently in 2012
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.
- Dryer residue - LINT, used 56 times
- Chimney residue - SOOT, used 50 times
- Smelting residue - SLAG, used 27 times
- Flue residue - SOOT, used 25 times
- Wine press residue - MARC, used 18 times
- Fireplace residue - SOOT, used 17 times
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