Ferments.
The crossword clue "Ferments." is answered by YEASTS, a 6-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 1997; first recorded in 1948. 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
YEASTS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the YEASTS answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 1997; first recorded in 1948. 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.
- SIMMERS (1 uses in xd)
- ZYMES (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for YEASTS
Every other clue in this collection answered by YEASTS, most used first.
- Leavening agents - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Dough raisers - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Fermentation fungi - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- They raise a lot of dough - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
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