Sourdough alternative

The answer

RYE

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RYE answer page.

Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for RYE

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

• Reuben bread - used 137 times, most recently in 2026
• Deli bread - used 118 times, most recently in 2026
• Sandwich bread - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
• Deli loaf - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
• Reuben base - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Catcher in the ___" - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• Bread for a Reuben - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• Bread variety - used 47 times, most recently in 2025
• Deli choice - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
• Cereal grass - used 32 times, most recently in 2023
• White alternative - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Whiskey grain - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Bread choice - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Ham holder - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Manhattan ingredient - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Pumpernickel grain - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Whiskey type - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Bread type - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Deli option - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Pumpernickel alternative - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Bar order - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• Kind of bread - used 21 times, most recently in 2021
• Catcher's place? - used 20 times, most recently in 2015
• Type of whiskey - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Bread for a Reuben sandwich - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• "Catcher in the --" - used 17 times, most recently in 2022
• Ham on ___ - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Whiskey variety - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Type of bread - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Cereal grain - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Grain. - used 14 times, most recently in 1998
• Manhattan liquor - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Manhattan part - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Whole wheat alternative - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Bread option - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Manhattan component - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Pastrami bread - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Sandwich choice - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Alternative to white - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Ingredient in an old-fashioned - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Pastrami sandwich bread - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Bagel variety - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Bread grain - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Reuben holder - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Bread with caraway seeds - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Gypsy gentleman. - used 9 times, most recently in 1987
• Kind of whiskey - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• Pumpernickel ingredient - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Toast option - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Whiskey - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Bourbon alternative - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Bread for a ham sandwich - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Grain in a Salinger title - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Loaf with seeds - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Toast choice - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Type of bread or whiskey - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Alternative to white or wheat - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Bread. - used 7 times, most recently in 1973
• Bread buy - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Bread for a pastrami sandwich - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Caraway-seeded bread - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• "Comin' Thro' the ___" - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Cover crop - used 7 times, most recently in 1980
• Dark bread - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Deli bread choice - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Highball ingredient - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• Nursery rhyme pocketful - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Scotch alternative - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Seeded bread - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Whiskey choice - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Whisky - used 7 times, most recently in 1982
• "... a pocket full of ___" - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Agatha Christie's "A Pocket Full of ___" - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Bar bottle - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Canadian whisky - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Deli selection - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Deli slice - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• It may be seeded - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Kvass ingredient - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Manhattan whiskey - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Reuben sandwich bread - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Sandwich selection - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Type of bread or grass - used 6 times, most recently in 2015

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