Meal starter
The crossword clue "Meal starter" is answered by OAT, a 3-letter entry. Used 41 times across 24 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1987. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
OAT
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OAT answer page.
Used 41 times across 24 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1987. 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.
- SOUP (3 uses in xd)
- APPETIZER (1 uses in xd)
- PIECE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for OAT
Every other clue in this collection answered by OAT, most used first.
- Cereal grain - used 218 times, most recently in 2026
- Feedbag morsel - used 125 times, most recently in 2026
- Granola grain - used 117 times, most recently in 2026
- Granola bit - used 113 times, most recently in 2026
- Granola morsel - used 97 times, most recently in 2026
- Cheerios grain - used 83 times, most recently in 2026
- Bran source - used 74 times, most recently in 2022
- Feedbag tidbit - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
- Feedbag bit - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
- Muesli morsel - used 60 times, most recently in 2025
- ___ bran - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
- Cereal bit - used 34 times, most recently in 2024
- Bit in a horse's mouth? - used 31 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.
- Had a meal - ATE, used 118 times
- Have a meal - EAT, used 84 times
- System starter - ECO, used 49 times
- Center starter - EPI, used 44 times
- Ode title starter - TOA, used 33 times
- Alphabet starter - ABC, used 30 times
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