Jambalaya need

The answer

RICE

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

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; 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 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
• 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
• Chinese staple - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• 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

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