Precious metal
The crossword clue "Precious metal" is answered by GOLD, a 4-letter entry. Used 19 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
GOLD
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GOLD answer page.
Used 19 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 6 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.
- PLATINUM (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for GOLD
Every other clue in this collection answered by GOLD, most used first.
- First-place medal - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Olympian's quest - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- The color of honey - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Top prize at the Olympics - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Medal metal - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Au - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Olympian's goal - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Precious - DEAR, used 101 times
- Metal sources - ORES, used 70 times
- Precious stones - GEMS, used 68 times
- Heavy metal - LEAD, used 60 times
- Magnetic metal - IRON, used 38 times
- Put the pedal to the metal - SPED, used 36 times
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