Ore deposits
The crossword clue "Ore deposits" is answered by LODES, a 5-letter entry. Used 17 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LODES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LODES answer page.
Used 17 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for LODES
Every other clue in this collection answered by LODES, most used first.
- Mineral deposits - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Rich veins - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Rich sources - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Valuable deposits - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Rich deposits - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Rich mine deposits - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Mine finds - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Rich ore deposits - used 6 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.
- Refine, as ore - SMELT, used 40 times
- Refine ore - SMELT, used 32 times
- Process, as ore - SMELT, used 26 times
- Analyze, as ore - ASSAY, used 25 times
- Ore analysis - ASSAY, used 23 times
- Test, as ore - ASSAY, used 22 times
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