Bauxite and galena

The answer

ORES

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ORES answer page.

Used 21 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1981. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ORES

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

• Mine finds - used 107 times, most recently in 2026
• Metal sources - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
• Metallic rocks - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
• Raw minerals - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
• Raw materials - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
• Tram loads - used 46 times, most recently in 2023
• Raw metals - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Valuable rocks - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
• Mineral sources - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Mineral deposits - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Miners' finds - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Rock group - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
• Mine extractions - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Unrefined metals - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Metal containers - used 24 times, most recently in 2023
• Lode loads - used 22 times, most recently in 2017
• Metal deposits - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Loads from lodes - used 21 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.

• And others: Abbr. - ETAL, used 329 times
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• Black-and-white cookie - OREO, used 272 times
• Chills and fever - AGUE, used 232 times
• Facts and figures - DATA, used 223 times
• Ages and ages - EONS, used 203 times

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