Salt
The crossword clue "Salt" is answered by SAILOR, a 6-letter entry. Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SAILOR
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SAILOR answer page.
Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for SAILOR
Every other clue in this collection answered by SAILOR, most used first.
- Tar - used 20 times, most recently in 2022
- Mariner - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Crew member - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Hand on deck - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Popeye, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Popeye, for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Shore-leave taker - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
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.
- Rock salt - HALITE, used 44 times
- Old salt - SEADOG, used 34 times
- Salt dispenser - SHAKER, used 19 times
- Salt additive - IODINE, used 17 times
- Salt - SEADOG, used 9 times
- Chemical salt - OLEATE, used 8 times
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