It may be precious
The crossword clue "It may be precious" is answered by METAL, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
METAL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the METAL answer page.
Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 2005. 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 METAL
Every other clue in this collection answered by METAL, most used first.
- Gold or silver - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Rock genre - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Silver or gold - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Heavy ___ (music genre) - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- "Heavy" music - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
- Gold or copper - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- Copper or cobalt - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Good conductor - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Heavy __ - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Gold, silver, or bronze - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Mercury, for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
- Music genre - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Tin or tungsten - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Bismuth or arsenic - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
- Iron or steel - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Silver or steel - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Tin or titanium - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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- It may be blank - STARE, used 19 times
- Precious ones - DEARS, used 19 times
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