Assayer's specimen

The answer

ORE

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ORE answer page.

Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ORE

Every other clue in this collection answered by ORE, most used first.

• Raw rock - used 199 times, most recently in 2026
• Mine find - used 173 times, most recently in 2026
• Pay dirt - used 133 times, most recently in 2026
• Vein contents - used 131 times, most recently in 2026
• Mine yield - used 117 times, most recently in 2026
• Metal source - used 101 times, most recently in 2026
• Valuable rock - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
• Miner's find - used 83 times, most recently in 2026
• Mined rock - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
• Raw mineral - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
• Bauxite, e.g. - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
• Unrefined metal - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
• Mine material - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
• Vein yield - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
• Lode load - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• Metallic rock - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
• Mine rock - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• Catan resource - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• Mine output - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
• Mined matter - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
• Tram load - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
• Mine matter - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Tramcar contents - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• You can dig it - used 49 times, most recently in 2025
• Mined find - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Mined material - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Prospector's find - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Source of iron - used 46 times, most recently in 2024
• Mined-over matter - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Galena, e.g. - used 42 times, most recently in 2024
• Miner's quest - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Smelter input - used 42 times, most recently in 2025
• Mine product - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Bonanza find - used 37 times, most recently in 2022
• Mined resource - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
• Cinnabar. - used 36 times, most recently in 2003
• Smelter supply - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• ___-Ida Tater Tots - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Get a lode of this - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Bauxite, for one - used 30 times, most recently in 2024
• Minecraft resource - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Raw metal - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Metal-in-the-rough - used 29 times, most recently in 2018
• Raw material - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Bonanza stuff - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Iron source - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
• Load from a lode - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Metal-bearing rock - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Natural resource - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
• Galena, for one - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Mined metal - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Valuable deposit - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Wash. neighbor - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Lode material - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Tramcar load - used 24 times, most recently in 2017
• Tram filler - used 23 times, most recently in 2009
• Dig this - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Bauxite. - used 21 times, most recently in 1998
• Bauxite or galena - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Deposit in some banks - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• It's found in veins - used 21 times, most recently in 2018
• Metal from a mine - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Miner's discovery - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Rich rock - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• Galena. - used 20 times, most recently in 1976
• Mine extraction - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Mined stuff - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Miner matter - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Underground resource - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Crude metal - used 19 times, most recently in 2015
• Minecraft material - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Mining find - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Piece of mine - used 19 times, most recently in 2008
• Smeltery input - used 19 times, most recently in 2021
• Assayer's sample - used 18 times, most recently in 2019
• Danish coin - used 18 times, most recently in 2015
• Pitchblende, e.g. - used 18 times, most recently in 2019
• Vein glory? - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
• Vein pursuit - used 18 times, most recently in 2015
• Mineral deposit - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Miners dig it - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Rock that's mined - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Vein makeup - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Dig it - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Miner concern - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Aluminum source - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Blast furnace input - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
• Lode contents - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Metallic mineral - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Refinable rock - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Galena or bauxite - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
• Hematite, e.g. - used 14 times, most recently in 2015
• Klondike find - used 14 times, most recently in 2014
• Refinery input - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Smeltery supply - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• Unrefined find - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Buried treasure? - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Calif. neighbor - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Cinnabar, for one - used 13 times, most recently in 2017
• Hematite. - used 13 times, most recently in 1967
• Mined mineral - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Miner's pay dirt - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Bank deposit? - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• Cinnabar, e.g. - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Heavy-metal rock? - used 12 times, most recently in 2018
• Iron ___ - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• It needs refinement - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
• Metal container - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Mineral in the raw - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Rock from a mine - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Smelter's supply - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Tram cargo - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Unwrought iron - used 12 times, most recently in 2012
• Ida. neighbor - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• It lacks refinement - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Metal-bearing mineral - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• Metal-in-the-raw - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Mineral-bearing rock - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Prospector's quest - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
• Smeltery material - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Underground band? - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Assay specimen - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Assay subject - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Forty-niner's quest - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Hematite, for one - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• Metallic resource - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Mine metal - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Miner's matter - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• Mineral source - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Mining target - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Nev. neighbor - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Quarry product - used 10 times, most recently in 2009
• Refiner's supply - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Seam material - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Settlers of Catan resource - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Smelter fodder - used 10 times, most recently in 2008
• Underground deposit - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Underground rock - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Valuable extraction - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Vein find - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• Bonanza yield - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Cal. neighbor - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Comstock load - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Copper source - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Forty-niner's find - used 9 times, most recently in 2010
• Groundbreaking discovery? - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• It's mined and refined - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Magnetite, e.g. - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Miner's strike - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Native metal - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Nickel source - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Norwegian coin - used 9 times, most recently in 2007
• Pyrites. - used 9 times, most recently in 1963
• Siderite. - used 9 times, most recently in 1975
• Swedish coin - used 9 times, most recently in 2005
• Target of refinement - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Vein extraction - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Vein fill - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Assayer's concern - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
• Bauxite or hematite - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Foundry delivery - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Great Lakes cargo - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• It may have a silver lining? - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• It's of miner concern - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• It's unrefined - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Metal deposit - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Metalliferous rock - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Mine resource - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Neighbor of Ida. - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
• Pitchblende. - used 8 times, most recently in 1979
• Prospector's prize - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
• Raw resource - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Resource in Catan - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Smelted stuff - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Smelting material - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Source of metal - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Tramcar filler - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Underground find - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Unrefined mineral - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Valuable vein - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Argentite, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Coin of Norway - used 7 times, most recently in 2004
• Comstock output - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Contents of some pockets - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Extraction target - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Forty-niner's score - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Foundry need - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Hopper load - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• It may be picked out - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• It may be refined - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• It's all in vein - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• It's extracted - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• It's mined, all mined! - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Lucky strike - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Mesabi product - used 7 times, most recently in 2000
• Metal in rocks - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Mine cart contents - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Mine deposit - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Mine stuff - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Mine vein - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Miner's haul - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Mineral - used 7 times, most recently in 2004
• Object of extraction - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Portland's st. - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Refinement candidate - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Rock in a mine - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Seam treasure - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Source of silver - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Sourdough's find - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Tram contents - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Valuable underground find - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Assayer's raw material - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Cinnabar, for example - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• ___-Ida (Tater Tots maker) - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• It gets picked out - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• It needs refining - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• It's found in streaks - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Mesabi range product - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Metallurgist's material - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Minecraft block - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Miner's load - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Mining product - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Neighbor of Nev. - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Neighbor of Wash. - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Pitchblende, for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Refinery material - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Refinery supply - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Rock to refine - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Rock with metal - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Rock worth something - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Rocky deposit - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Scandinavian coin - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Seam contents - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Silver source - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Smeltery stuff - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Vein material - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Vein stuff - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• You may want to get a lode of this - used 6 times, most recently in 2015

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