Whiskey

The answer

RYE

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

Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1977. 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.

• SOUR (8 uses in xd)
• AGOGO (2 uses in xd)
• IRISH (2 uses in xd)
• FIREWATER (1 uses in xd)
• MALT (1 uses in xd)

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
• 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
• Sourdough alternative - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Type of bread or grass - used 6 times, most recently in 2015

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• Whiskey barrel wood - OAK, used 22 times

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