Mexican food
The crossword clue "Mexican food" is answered by TAMALE, a 6-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2009; first recorded in 1955. 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
TAMALE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TAMALE answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2009; first recorded in 1955. 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.
- TAMALES (5 uses in xd)
Other clues for TAMALE
Every other clue in this collection answered by TAMALE, most used first.
- Mexican dish - used 24 times, most recently in 2016
- Mexican entree - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
- Tex-Mex treat - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- "Chili today, hot ___" - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
- Hot ___ - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- Steamed snack - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Tex-Mex snack - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- "Hot" Mexican food - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Some like it hot - used 7 times, most recently in 2004
- South-of-the-border order - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
- Steamed dish - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- "Hot" dish - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- "Hot" Mexican dish - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- Mexican shawl - SERAPE, used 43 times
- Mexican state - SONORA, used 29 times
- Mexican wrap - SERAPE, used 19 times
- Search for food - FORAGE, used 18 times
- Food merchant - GROCER, used 14 times
- Go without food - STARVE, used 14 times
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