Contributing element
The crossword clue "Contributing element" is answered by FACTOR, a 6-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2000. 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
FACTOR
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FACTOR answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for FACTOR
Every other clue in this collection answered by FACTOR, most used first.
- Element - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Consideration - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Antiseptic element - IODINE, used 15 times
- Whodunit element - MOTIVE, used 8 times
- Element #53 - IODINE, used 7 times
- Element #68 - ERBIUM, used 6 times
- Element #76 - OSMIUM, used 6 times
- Element in salt - SODIUM, used 6 times
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