Bread ingredient
The crossword clue "Bread ingredient" is answered by YEAST, a 5-letter entry. Used 42 times across 24 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
YEAST
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the YEAST answer page.
Used 42 times across 24 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 10 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.
- FLOUR (4 uses in xd)
- WHEAT (2 uses in xd)
- ACTIVEYEAST (1 uses in xd)
- SILENTA (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for YEAST
Every other clue in this collection answered by YEAST, most used first.
- Leavening agent - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Dough raiser - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Dough-rising ingredient - used 30 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.
- Gunpowder ingredient - NITER, used 67 times
- Pesto ingredient - BASIL, used 45 times
- Bread spreads - OLEOS, used 41 times
- Breakfast bread - TOAST, used 41 times
- Like old bread - STALE, used 41 times
- Browned bread - TOAST, used 29 times
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