The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SHALE , but the solution may also be SLATE which is one of the most recent solution (2014 in LA Times).
Fine-grained rock crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SHALE | 72 % | 5 |
| SLATE | 11 % | 5 |
| BASALT | 11 % | 6 |
| CHERT | 6 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Fine-grained rock
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- shale
- clay
- slate
- basalt
- chert
- psammite
- hornfels
- claystone
- rhyolite
- andesite
- aplite
- mudstone
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 SLATE
- Blackboard
- List of candidates
- Roof material
- Roofing material
- Metamorphic rock
- Pool table material
- Electoral list
- Kind of gray
- Agenda
- Fine-grained rock
More clues leading to the result BASALT
- Igneous rock
- Volcanic rock
- The Rosetta Stone, e.g.
- Dark igneous rock
- Kind of igneous rock
- Black rock
- Rosetta Stone stuff
- Lava rock
- Tectonic plate material
- Wedgewood's black pearl pottery