Chinese staple
The crossword clue "Chinese staple" is answered by RICE, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1987. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
RICE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RICE answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1987. It appears in 4 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.
- WHITERICE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for RICE
Every other clue in this collection answered by RICE, most used first.
- Houston university - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Paddy product - used 35 times, most recently in 2023
- Paella base - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Paella ingredient - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Wedding shower? - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
- Sushi ingredient - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Bridal shower? - used 25 times, most recently in 2019
- Jambalaya ingredient - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Houston school - used 17 times, most recently in 2019
- Pilaf ingredient - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Paddy crop - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Cereal grain - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
- Sushi grain - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Asian staple - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
- "Dirty" Cajun dish - used 13 times, most recently in 2016
- Pasta alternative - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
- Pilaf base - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
- Grain in sushi - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Pudding variety - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Staple food. - used 11 times, most recently in 1976
- Sushi staple - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- "The Vampire Chronicles" novelist Anne - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Chinese side dish - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
- Grain grown in a paddy - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Sake source - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Bibimbap base - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Jambalaya base - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Jambalaya need - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Paddy plant - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Sake base - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Texas university - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Beans go-with - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Playwright Elmer - used 7 times, most recently in 1998
- Potato alternative - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
- Bento box staple - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Kind of pudding - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Red beans go-with - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Sushi need - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
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.
- Chinese dynasty - MING, used 81 times
- Chinese secret society - TONG, used 71 times
- Vegan staple - TOFU, used 42 times
- Chinese: Prefix - SINO, used 40 times
- Chinese currency - YUAN, used 39 times
- Chinese: Comb. form - SINO, used 36 times
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