Common metal

The answer

IRON

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IRON answer page.

Used 29 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1924. It appears in 3 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.

• STEEL (3 uses in xd)

Other clues for IRON

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

• Press - used 284 times, most recently in 2026
• Pressing need - used 116 times, most recently in 2026
• Wrinkle remover - used 106 times, most recently in 2026
• Steel ingredient - used 48 times, most recently in 2025
• Laundry appliance - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Magnetic metal - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Clothes-pressing appliance - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
• Metal in steel - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Press agent? - used 32 times, most recently in 2019
• Fe, on the periodic table - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Steel component - used 27 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.

• Metal sources - ORES, used 70 times
• Common French verb - ETRE, used 49 times
• Common Latin abbr. - ETAL, used 34 times
• Common conjunctions - ANDS, used 31 times
• Fuse, as metal - WELD, used 29 times
• Metal thread - WIRE, used 29 times

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