Oil-bearing rock
The crossword clue "Oil-bearing rock" is answered by SHALE, a 5-letter entry. Used 27 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 8 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 27 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 8 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
- Fissile rock - used 48 times, most recently in 2025
- Sedimentary rock - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
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.
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- Fragrant oil - ATTAR, used 59 times
- __-foot oil - NEATS, used 53 times
- Banded rock - AGATE, used 49 times
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