Banded rock
The crossword clue "Banded rock" is answered by GNEISS, a 6-letter entry. Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1962. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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GNEISS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GNEISS answer page.
Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1962. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for GNEISS
Every other clue in this collection answered by GNEISS, most used first.
- Banded metamorphic rock - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
- Metamorphic rock - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
- Granitelike rock - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Layered rock - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Laminated rock. - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Pleasant-sounding rock? - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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