Like some chemical bonds

The answer

IONIC

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

Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for IONIC

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

• Column style - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Greek column style - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Column type - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Greek column type - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Architectural order - used 20 times, most recently in 2011
• Kind of column - used 18 times, most recently in 2019
• Like some columns - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• Type of column - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
• Architectural style - used 10 times, most recently in 2003
• Ancient Greek dialect - used 9 times, most recently in 2010
• Greek architectural style - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Alternative to Corinthian - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Charged, in a way - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Like some bonds - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Like some Greek columns - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Type of chemical bond - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Classical column style - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Charged - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Kind of bond in chemistry - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Kind of bond or column - 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.

• Chemical compound - ESTER, used 115 times
• Like some seals - EARED, used 89 times
• "As You Like It" forest - ARDEN, used 79 times
• Like Cheerios - OATEN, used 79 times
• Like draft beer - ONTAP, used 74 times
• Like a lot - ADORE, used 72 times

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