Dutch town

The answer

EDAM

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EDAM answer page.

Used 19 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2005; first recorded in 1955. 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.

• EDE (46 uses in xd)
• STAD (15 uses in xd)
• EPE (4 uses in xd)
• ETTEN (2 uses in xd)
• ELST (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for EDAM

Every other clue in this collection answered by EDAM, most used first.

• Dutch cheese - used 497 times, most recently in 2026
• Wax-coated cheese - used 150 times, most recently in 2026
• Cheese - used 86 times, most recently in 2014
• Dutch export - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
• Dutch treat - used 72 times, most recently in 2024
• Mild cheese - used 56 times, most recently in 2025
• Red-coated cheese - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Cheese in a ball - used 36 times, most recently in 2021
• Mild Dutch cheese - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Cheese choice - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Red-wrapped cheese - used 29 times, most recently in 2022
• Dutch cheese town - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Gouda alternative - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Wax-wrapped cheese - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Cheese from Holland - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Mild yellow cheese - used 21 times, most recently in 2022
• Wax-coated Dutch cheese - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Wax-covered cheese - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• Ball-shaped cheese - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Cheese in red wax - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Party cheese - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
• Cheese town - used 16 times, most recently in 2018
• Cheese that's made backward? - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Cheese burg - used 14 times, most recently in 2011
• Kind of cheese. - used 14 times, most recently in 1996
• Answer to the riddle "What cheese is made backward?" - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Cheese variety - used 13 times, most recently in 2020
• Round cheese - used 13 times, most recently in 2017
• Cheese coated in red wax - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Cheese similar to Gouda - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Gouda cousin - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
• Imported cheese - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
• Netherlands town - used 12 times, most recently in 2006
• Cheese from the Netherlands - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Cheese in a red coat - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Cheese in a red rind - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Big cheese in Holland - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Cracker topper - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Holland export - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Wax-wrapped Dutch cheese - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Yellow cheese - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Cheese coated with red wax - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Gouda relative - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Hard, yellow cheese - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Pale yellow cheese - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Red-cased cheese - used 9 times, most recently in 2010
• Cheese ball - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Cheese city - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Cheese type - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• City on the IJsselmeer - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Dutch dairy export - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Gouda's cousin - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Netherlands cheese town - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Semi-hard cheese - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Cheese with a red coat - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Netherlands cheese - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Netherlands export - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Red-rinded cheese - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Relative of Gouda. - used 7 times, most recently in 1967
• Round Dutch cheese - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Yellow cheese in red wax - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Cheese coated in wax - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Cheese named for a Dutch town - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Cheeseboard choice - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Dutch city. - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Gouda's kin - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Hard cheese - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Town on the IJsselmeer - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Waxed cheese - used 6 times, most recently in 2008

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.

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• Thames town - ETON, used 101 times
• Out of town - AWAY, used 98 times
• Dutch South African - BOER, used 74 times
• Longfellow's bell town - ATRI, used 74 times

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