Alluvial deposit
The crossword clue "Alluvial deposit" is answered by SILT, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1965. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SILT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SILT answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1965. It appears in 3 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.
- GEEST (3 uses in xd)
- PLACER (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for SILT
Every other clue in this collection answered by SILT, most used first.
- Bank deposit? - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- Delta deposit - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Sediment - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- River deposit - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- River sediment - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- Delta material - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Riverbed deposit - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Alluvium - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
- Fine sediment - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Riverbed sediment - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- River residue - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Dregs. - used 8 times, most recently in 1984
- Fine sand - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- River delta deposit - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Stream sediment - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Delta buildup - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Delta sediment - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Riverbank residue - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Sandy sediment - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Sedimentary stuff - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Dredger's target - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Riverbank component - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
- Riverbank deposit - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Ore deposit - LODE, used 80 times
- Rich deposit - LODE, used 23 times
- Earthy deposit - MARL, used 20 times
- Bank deposit? - SNOW, used 19 times
- Mineral deposit - LODE, used 19 times
- Coal deposit - SEAM, used 16 times
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