Fissile rock
The crossword clue "Fissile rock" is answered by SHALE, a 5-letter entry. Used 48 times across 34 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1945. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
SHALE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SHALE answer page.
Used 48 times across 34 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1945. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SHALE
Every other clue in this collection answered by SHALE, most used first.
- Layered rock - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
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