Dust speck
The crossword clue "Dust speck" is answered by MOTE, a 4-letter entry. Used 34 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1929. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
MOTE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MOTE answer page.
Used 34 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1929. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for MOTE
Every other clue in this collection answered by MOTE, most used first.
- Speck of dust - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
- Bit of dust - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Dry as dust - ARID, used 68 times
- Dust Bowl migrant - OKIE, used 55 times
- Chimney dust - SOOT, used 49 times
- Dust Bowl refugee - OKIE, used 36 times
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