Sediment
The crossword clue "Sediment" is answered by LEES, a 4-letter entry. Used 123 times across 58 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1924. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
LEES
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LEES answer page.
Used 123 times across 58 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1924. It appears in 14 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.
- RESIDUE (2 uses in xd)
- ALLUVIA (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for LEES
Every other clue in this collection answered by LEES, most used first.
- Dregs - used 116 times, most recently in 2022
- Wine sediment - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Some jeans - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Bottom of the barrel - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
- Cask sediment - used 25 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.
- Sediment - SILT, used 61 times
- River sediment - SILT, used 51 times
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