Mine vein
The crossword clue "Mine vein" is answered by LODE, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1976. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LODE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LODE answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1976. 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.
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
- Hit the mother __ (strike it rich) - 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.
- Mine entrance - ADIT, used 226 times
- Yours and mine - OURS, used 147 times
- Mine finds - ORES, used 107 times
- Mine: Fr. - AMOI, used 85 times
- Mine car - TRAM, used 71 times
- Mine, in Marseille - AMOI, used 56 times
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