Metallic element

The answer

ZINC

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

Used 15 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 5 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.

• IRON (5 uses in xd)
• TUNGSTEN (5 uses in xd)
• ALUMINUM (4 uses in xd)
• ANTIMONY (4 uses in xd)
• COBALT (4 uses in xd)

Other clues for ZINC

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

• Brass component - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Galvanizing metal - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
• Metal in pennies - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Galvanizing matter - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Galvanizing agent - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Galvanizing stuff - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Bluish-white metal - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
• Component of brass - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• 97.5% of a penny - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Its atomic number is 30 - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Metal in brass - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Ointment element - used 6 times, most recently in 2006

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.

• Metallic rocks - ORES, used 70 times
• Metallic fabric - LAME, used 40 times
• Element #10 - NEON, used 39 times
• Gaseous element. - NEON, used 26 times
• Element whose symbol is Fe - IRON, used 19 times
• Element of change - COIN, used 15 times

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