Gunpowder component
The crossword clue "Gunpowder component" is answered by NITER, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NITER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NITER answer page.
Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for NITER
Every other clue in this collection answered by NITER, most used first.
- Saltpeter - used 84 times, most recently in 2023
- Gunpowder ingredient - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
- Fertilizer ingredient - used 19 times, most recently in 2019
- Compound in fireworks - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Chilean export - used 7 times, most recently in 2000
- Explosives ingredient - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
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