The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word STARCH which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1962.
Food substance crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STARCH | 67 % | 6 |
| NUTRIENT | 33 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Food substance
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- nutrient
- nutrition
- vitamin
- essential
- bursa
- spc
- trace element
- fermentation
- lipophilic
- anaerobic
- lpc
- respiratory rate
Crossword Answer definitions
STARCH noun- A widely diffused vegetable substance found especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) as a white, glistening, granular or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and giving a very peculiar creaking sound when rubbed between the fingers. It is used as a food, in the production of commercial grape sugar, for stiffening linen in laundries, in making paste, etc.
- (nutrition) Carbohydrates, as with grain and potato based foods.
- A stiff, formal manner; formality.
- Any of various starch-like substances used as a laundry stiffener
- To apply or treat with laundry starch, to create a hard, smooth surface.
- Stiff; precise; rigid.
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 STARCH
- Stiffen
- Stiffening stuff
- Collar stiffener
- Stiffening agent
- Laundry supply
- Possible laundry request
- Corn product
- Rice has it
- Fabric stiffener
- Pasta or potato, e.g.