Pay dirt
The crossword clue "Pay dirt" is answered by ORE, a 3-letter entry. Used 133 times across 53 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1936. It appears in 18 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
ORE
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ORE answer page.
Used 133 times across 53 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1936. It appears in 18 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 pilot link to their own answer page.
- LODE (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for ORE
Every other clue in this pilot answered by ORE, most used first.
- Raw rock - used 199 times, most recently in 2026
- Mine find - used 173 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
Related clues
Pilot clues 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.
- Need to pay - OWE, used 82 times
- Pay-___-view - PER, used 79 times
Search this clue pilot
Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.