Gunpowder ingredient
The crossword clue "Gunpowder ingredient" is answered by NITER, a 5-letter entry. Used 67 times across 38 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
NITER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NITER answer page.
Used 67 times across 38 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 14 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.
- SALTPETER (9 uses in xd)
- SULFUR (5 uses in xd)
- NITRE (4 uses in xd)
- SULPHUR (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for NITER
Every other clue in this collection answered by NITER, most used first.
- Saltpeter - used 84 times, most recently in 2023
Related clues
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