The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SLAG which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2020.
Dross crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SLAG | 64 % | 4 |
| SCUM | 19 % | 4 |
| SCORIA | 5 % | 6 |
| CINDER | 3 % | 6 |
| WASTE | 3 % | 5 |
| LAGS | 2 % | 4 |
| SPRUE | 2 % | 5 |
| LEES | 2 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Dross
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- impurity
- scoria
- slag
- scum
- refuse
- residue
- dairy
- toxic
- milk
- diesel
- dreck
- drek
Crossword Answer definitions
SLAG noun- Waste material from a coal mine
- Scum that forms on the surface of molten metal
- Impurities formed and separated out when a metal is smelted from ore; vitrified cinders
- Hard aggregate remaining as a residue from blast furnaces, sometimes used as a surfacing material
- Scoria associated with a volcano
- A coward
- (chiefly Cockney) a contemptible person, a scumbag
- A prostitute
- A woman (sometimes a man) who has loose morals relating to sex; a slut
- To produce slag
- To become slag; to agglomerate when heated below the fusion point
- To reduce to slag
- (sometimes with "off") to talk badly about; to malign or denigrate (someone)
- To spit
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 SLAG
- Dross
- Refinery leftover
- Smeltery residue
- Smelting refuse
- Smelter residue
- Tailings
- Blast furnace by-product
- Smeltery waste
- Diss, in the UK
- Hot industrial waste
More clues leading to the result SCUM
- Tilex target
- Pond gunk
- Build-up in an aquarium
- Dirtbags
- Dirty film
- Sexist d-bag
- Trash
- Trashy folk
- Pond surface
- Foul film
More clues leading to the result SCORIA
- Slag
- Smelting refuse
- Foolhardy
- Metal dross
- Smelting residue
- Dross.
- Dross; slag.
- Cinders from a volcano.
- Leftover of the smelting process.
- Refuse from melting of metals.
More clues leading to the result CINDER
- Kind of block
- Bit left from a blaze
- Word before block or track
- __ block
- Fiery fleck
- Coal residue
- Hearth residue
- Bit of fireplace residue
- Ash fragment
- Building block of a building block
More clues leading to the result WASTE
- Consume carelessly
- Refuse
- Squander
- Basket type
- Trash
- Fritter away
- Miasma
- Chucked stuff
- Junk
- Word with human and industrial
More clues leading to the result LAGS
- Is sluggish
- Runs behind
- Brings up the rear
- Dawdles
- Stays behind
- Falls behind
- Holds up
- Time delays
- Doesn't keep up
- Internet connectivity problems