Rich soil deposit

The answer

LOESS

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LOESS answer page.

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for LOESS

Every other clue in this collection answered by LOESS, most used first.

• Loamy deposit - used 49 times, most recently in 2021
• Windblown soil - used 47 times, most recently in 2025
• Fertile soil - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Loam deposit - used 15 times, most recently in 2009
• Soil deposit - used 13 times, most recently in 2001
• Good earth - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
• Loamy soil - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Wind-blown soil - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Silt deposit - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
• Fertile loam - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Wind-borne soil - used 7 times, most recently in 2005
• Clay deposit - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Gardener's soil - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Loamy soil deposit - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Rich soil - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Windborne soil - used 6 times, most recently in 2008

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.

• Rich cake - TORTE, used 234 times
• Rich dessert - TORTE, used 76 times
• Soil - EARTH, used 40 times
• Rich soils - LOAMS, used 32 times
• "Too rich for my blood" - IMOUT, used 30 times
• Rich tapestry - ARRAS, used 27 times

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