Ore deposit
The crossword clue "Ore deposit" is answered by VEIN, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
VEIN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the VEIN answer page.
Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for VEIN
Every other clue in this collection answered by VEIN, most used first.
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- Blood line - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Lode - used 20 times, most recently in 2021
- Blood carrier - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Artery's opposite - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Phlebotomist's target - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Shrimp discard - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Target for Dracula - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Artery's counterpart - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Mood. - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
- Ore layer - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Streak - used 7 times, most recently in 2002
- Blood conduit - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Marble marking - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Silver streak - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Style - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
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
- Bank deposit? - SILT, used 68 times
- Delta deposit - SILT, used 61 times
- River deposit - SILT, used 58 times
- Vein of ore - LODE, used 34 times
- Ore source - LODE, used 26 times
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