Silt deposit
The crossword clue "Silt deposit" is answered by LOESS, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2010; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LOESS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LOESS answer page.
Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2010; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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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
- 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
- Rich soil deposit - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- 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.
- Glacial deposit - ESKER, used 9 times
- Alluvial deposit - DELTA, used 6 times
- River mouth deposit - DELTA, used 6 times
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