Fire-starting rock
The crossword clue "Fire-starting rock" is answered by FLINT, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2019. 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
FLINT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FLINT answer page.
Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2019. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for FLINT
Every other clue in this collection answered by FLINT, most used first.
- Michigan city - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Fire starter - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Spark producer - used 15 times, most recently in 2017
- Lighter igniter - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Lighter part - used 7 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.
- Molten rock - MAGMA, used 125 times
- Cease-fire - TRUCE, used 83 times
- Rock bottom - NADIR, used 75 times
- Crystal-lined rock - GEODE, used 73 times
- St. ___ fire - ELMOS, used 72 times
- Starting squad - ATEAM, used 72 times
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