Raw materials
The crossword clue "Raw materials" is answered by ORES, a 4-letter entry. Used 66 times across 35 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1942. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ORES
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ORES answer page.
Used 66 times across 35 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1942. It appears in 12 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
- Tram loads - used 46 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Leave out - OMIT, used 929 times
- Spoken - ORAL, used 725 times
- Burden - ONUS, used 687 times
- Aware of - ONTO, used 619 times
- Killer whale - ORCA, used 553 times
- Approximately - ORSO, used 489 times
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