Colorless gas
The crossword clue "Colorless gas" is answered by ETHANE, a 6-letter entry. Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1973. 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
ETHANE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ETHANE answer page.
Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1973. 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 ETHANE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ETHANE, most used first.
- Natural gas component - used 71 times, most recently in 2025
- Flammable gas - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- Fuel gas - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Odorless gas - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Component of natural gas - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Colorless, odorless gas - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
- Constituent of natural gas - used 9 times, most recently in 2008
- Odorless fuel gas - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Gaseous hydrocarbon - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
- Natural gas constituent - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
- Simple hydrocarbon - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
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.
- Charge with gas - AERATE, used 30 times
- Gas rating - OCTANE, used 18 times
- Gas pump number - OCTANE, used 14 times
- Gas pump rating - OCTANE, used 11 times
- Gas rating number - OCTANE, used 10 times
- Poisonous gas - ARSINE, used 9 times
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