Chemical compounds
The crossword clue "Chemical compounds" is answered by ESTERS, a 6-letter entry. Used 40 times across 30 distinct years; most recently in 2009; first recorded in 1944. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ESTERS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ESTERS answer page.
Used 40 times across 30 distinct years; most recently in 2009; first recorded in 1944. It appears in 9 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.
- AMIDES (6 uses in xd)
- ISOMERS (4 uses in xd)
- IMIDES (3 uses in xd)
- IODIDES (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for ESTERS
Every other clue in this collection answered by ESTERS, most used first.
- Fragrant compounds - used 47 times, most recently in 2025
- Organic compounds - used 22 times, most recently in 2017
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