Hit the mother __ (strike it rich)
The crossword clue "Hit the mother __ (strike it rich)" is answered by LODE, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2017. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
LODE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LODE answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2017. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for LODE
Every other clue in this collection answered by LODE, most used first.
- Ore deposit - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
- Vein of ore - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Mine find - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
- Ore source - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Rich supply - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
- Mother ___ - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
- Rich deposit - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Valuable vein - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Miner's bonanza - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Mineral deposit - used 19 times, most recently in 2014
- Rich source - used 18 times, most recently in 2021
- Rich vein - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Prospector's find - used 16 times, most recently in 2020
- Valuable deposit - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
- Miner's find - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Miner's strike - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Miner's quest - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Comstock, for one - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
- Ore store - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Prospector's strike - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
- Vein - used 11 times, most recently in 2013
- Deposit of ore - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Rich vein of ore - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Bank deposit - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Bonanza - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- Comstock ___ - used 9 times, most recently in 2008
- Metallic deposit - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Prospector's bonanza - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
- Store of ore - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Lucky strike - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Source of riches - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- Metal deposit - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Ore vein - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Source of wealth - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Sourdough's strike - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Word with star or stone - used 7 times, most recently in 1992
- Mine vein - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Mineral vein - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Ore galore - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Prospector's quest - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
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.
- Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
- In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
- On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
- From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
- Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
- Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times
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