Gumbo thickener
The crossword clue "Gumbo thickener" is answered by ROUX, a 4-letter entry. Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ROUX
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ROUX answer page.
Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for ROUX
Every other clue in this collection answered by ROUX, most used first.
- Sauce thickener - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
- Gravy thickener - used 26 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.
- Gumbo ingredient - OKRA, used 260 times
- Gumbo vegetable - OKRA, used 176 times
- Gumbo veggie - OKRA, used 165 times
- Food thickener - AGAR, used 105 times
- Gumbo pod - OKRA, used 74 times
- Gumbo - OKRA, used 66 times
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