Mill material

The answer

GRIST

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GRIST answer page.

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2010; first recorded in 1973. It appears in 2 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.

• IRON (8 uses in xd)
• STEEL (3 uses in xd)
• PEPPER (2 uses in xd)
• PIGIRON (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for GRIST

Every other clue in this collection answered by GRIST, most used first.

• Mill fodder - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Ground grain - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Mill input - used 15 times, most recently in 2019
• Something for the mill - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Grain for grinding - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Grain to grind - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Future flour - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Grain to be ground - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Miller's need - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Rumor, to a rumor mill - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ for the mill - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Jeans material - DENIM, used 135 times
• Reef material - CORAL, used 130 times
• Suit material - SERGE, used 103 times
• Pueblo material - ADOBE, used 81 times
• Roofing material - SLATE, used 81 times
• Run-of-the-mill - USUAL, used 56 times

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