Dinner dish

The answer

PLATE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PLATE answer page.

Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 6 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.

• STEW (4 uses in xd)
• ROAST (3 uses in xd)
• ENTREE (2 uses in xd)
• HASH (2 uses in xd)
• CUTLETS (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for PLATE

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

• Piece of china - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Dish - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Piece of dinnerware - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
• China piece - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Blue- ___ special - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• Part of a table setting - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Batter's position - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Food holder - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Dinner holder - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Home ___ - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Part of a place setting - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Rice dish - PILAF, used 122 times
• Dinner course - SALAD, used 58 times
• ___ dish - PETRI, used 52 times
• Japanese noodle dish - RAMEN, used 38 times
• Passover dinner - SEDER, used 37 times
• Raw fish dish - SUSHI, used 37 times

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