Grain fungus
The crossword clue "Grain fungus" is answered by ERGOT, a 5-letter entry. Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1957. 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
ERGOT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ERGOT answer page.
Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1957. 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 ERGOT
Every other clue in this collection answered by ERGOT, most used first.
- Rye fungus - used 56 times, most recently in 2021
- Grain disease - used 27 times, most recently in 2017
- Cereal killer - used 17 times, most recently in 2022
- Cereal fungus - used 16 times, most recently in 2006
- Grain bane - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
- Plant fungus - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Bane of grain - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
- Cereal disease - used 10 times, most recently in 2012
- Rye disease - used 7 times, most recently in 2000
- Cereal grass fungus - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
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
- Future fungus - SPORE, used 32 times
- Of a grain - OATEN, used 21 times
- "Waves of grain" color - AMBER, used 17 times
- Grain husks - CHAFF, used 15 times
- Ground grain - GRIST, used 15 times
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