Source of silver

The answer

ORE

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

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 2 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.

• MINE (1 uses in xd)

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
• Assayer's specimen - 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
• 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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