Processes, as ore
The crossword clue "Processes, as ore" is answered by SMELTS, a 6-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SMELTS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SMELTS, most used first.
- Refines, as ore - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Refines - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- Does refinery work - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Fuses, as ore - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
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.
- Lead ore - GALENA, used 51 times
- Chief ore of lead - GALENA, used 8 times
- Ore of lead - GALENA, used 8 times
- Principal ore of lead - GALENA, used 6 times
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