Wind-borne soil
The crossword clue "Wind-borne soil" is answered by LOESS, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2005; first recorded in 1983. It appears in 4 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 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2005; first recorded in 1983. 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
- 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.
- Got wind of - HEARD, used 74 times
- Scarlett of "Gone With the Wind" - OHARA, used 55 times
- Soil - EARTH, used 40 times
- "Gone With the Wind" surname - OHARA, used 37 times
- Gets wind of - HEARS, used 32 times
- Wind: Prefix - ANEMO, used 26 times
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