Soft end of the Mohs scale

The answer

TALC

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TALC answer page.

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for TALC

Every other clue in this collection answered by TALC, most used first.

• Soft mineral - used 260 times, most recently in 2026
• Body powder - used 131 times, most recently in 2025
• Bath powder - used 98 times, most recently in 2025
• After-bath powder - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
• Powder - used 55 times, most recently in 2024
• Baby powder - used 51 times, most recently in 2024
• Soft rock - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Soapstone - used 36 times, most recently in 2005
• Powdery mineral - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Softest mineral - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Bath-powder ingredient - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Baby powder ingredient - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Soft powder - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• 1 on the Mohs scale - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Dusting powder - used 20 times, most recently in 2004
• Shower powder - used 17 times, most recently in 2014
• After-shower powder - used 16 times, most recently in 2021
• Powder ingredient - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Soothing powder - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• After-bath application - used 15 times, most recently in 2020
• Bath powder mineral - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Very soft mineral - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Barber's powder - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• French chalk. - used 14 times, most recently in 1998
• Powder base - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Powder mineral - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
• Rash treatment - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
• Magnesium silicate - used 12 times, most recently in 2006
• Chalky mineral - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• It's 1 on the Mohs scale - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Locker room powder - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• One on the Mohs scale - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Softest mineral on the Mohs scale - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Rash soother - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Skin-soothing powder - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Bathroom powder - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Soapy mineral - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Soothing application - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• The soft end of the Mohs scale - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• The softest mineral - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Barber's supply - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Fine-grained mineral - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• It's lowest on the Mohs scale - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• It's softer than gypsum - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Locker room supply - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• Post-shower powder - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Powder source - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Powder type - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Rash protection - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Sprinkle after a shower - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• Steatite - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• After-bath sprinkle - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• After-shave powder - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Drying powder - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• Face-powder ingredient - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Face-powder mineral - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Perfumed powder - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Pool shooter's powder - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Poolroom powder - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Post-shower sprinkle - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Softest of minerals - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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