The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SHALE which also is the latest solution we found used in Universal uClick in 2009.
A source of oil crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SHALE | 33 % | 5 |
| OLIVE | 33 % | 5 |
| OLIVES | 33 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: A source of oil
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- well
- spring
- geyser
- bunker
- stokehold
- stokehole
- bear
- bilge
- bilgewater
- blockade
- bottom
- buckler
Crossword Answer definitions
SHALE noun- A shell or husk; a cod or pod.
- A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.
- To take off the shell or coat of.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result SHALE
- Claylike rock
- Fissile rock
- Oil source
- Oil-yielding rock
- Fine-grained rock
- Fragile layered rock
- Product of mud compaction
- Rock used in fracking
- Sedimentary rock
- Fuel-yielding rock
More clues leading to the result OLIVE
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- Cocktail garnish
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