Small particles
The crossword clue "Small particles" is answered by MOTES, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1946. 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
MOTES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MOTES answer page.
Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1946. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- GRANULES (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for MOTES
Every other clue in this collection answered by MOTES, most used first.
- Specks - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Dust particles - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Specks of dust - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Tiny specks - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Dust specks - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Tiny particles - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
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.
- Small bay - INLET, used 78 times
- Small-minded - PETTY, used 78 times
- Small songbirds - WRENS, used 78 times
- Small drum - TABOR, used 76 times
- Small egg - OVULE, used 73 times
- Very small - TEENY, used 68 times
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