Delta buildup
The crossword clue "Delta buildup" is answered by SILT, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 4 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 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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 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
- Alluvial deposit - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- 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.
- Chimney buildup - SOOT, used 56 times
- Dryer buildup - LINT, used 26 times
- Navel buildup - LINT, used 19 times
- Icky buildup - CRUD, used 16 times
- Flue buildup - SOOT, used 14 times
- Bathtub buildup - SCUM, used 10 times
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