The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word LOESS , but the solution may also be SILT which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in LA Times).
Fine-grained soil crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LOESS | 67 % | 5 |
| CLAY | 17 % | 4 |
| SILT | 17 % | 4 |
Why may SILT be the right solution?
SILT is a type of fine-grained soil, making it the correct answer to the clue "Fine-grained soil."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Fine-grained soil
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- loam
- loess
- clay
- heavy
- clayey
- mud
- alluvial soil
- alluvium
- cloggy
- shale
- gumbo
- hazel
Crossword Answer definitions
LOESS noun- Any sediment, dominated by silt, of eolian (wind-blown) origin
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 LOESS
- Clay deposit
- Fertile loam
- Windblown clay
- Fine-grained soil
- Loamy deposit
- Soil type
- Wind-borne soil
- Deposit of windblown dust
- Loamy soil
- Windborne soil
More clues leading to the result CLAY
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