Rich earth
The crossword clue "Rich earth" is answered by LOAM, a 4-letter entry. Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1949. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LOAM
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LOAM answer page.
Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1949. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for LOAM
Every other clue in this collection answered by LOAM, most used first.
- Rich soil - used 180 times, most recently in 2026
- Good earth - used 72 times, most recently in 2021
- Fertile soil - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- Good soil - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- The good earth? - used 20 times, most recently in 2015
- Clay-rich soil - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Sandy soil - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
- Potting soil - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
- Topsoil - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
- Good garden soil - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Soil - used 10 times, most recently in 1980
- Friable soil - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Garden soil - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Clayey soil - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
- Farm soil - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Rich, dark soil - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Arable soil - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
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.
- Came down to earth - ALIT, used 115 times
- "The Good Earth" heroine - OLAN, used 92 times
- Earth Day subj. - ECOL, used 74 times
- Came to earth - ALIT, used 71 times
- Earth - SOIL, used 71 times
- Earth sci. - ECOL, used 62 times
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