The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word EON , but the solution may also be EPOCH which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Geological period crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EON | 27 % | 3 |
| EPOCH | 14 % | 5 |
| NEOCENE | 10 % | 7 |
| ERA | 10 % | 3 |
| EOCENE | 6 % | 6 |
| ICEAGE | 6 % | 6 |
| MIOCENE | 6 % | 7 |
| AEON | 4 % | 4 |
| TRIAS | 4 % | 5 |
| AGE | 2 % | 3 |
| IRONAGE | 2 % | 7 |
| JURA | 2 % | 4 |
| PLEIOCENE | 2 % | 9 |
| DYAS | 2 % | 4 |
| PLIOCENE | 2 % | 8 |
Why may ERA be the right solution?
The answer "ERA" is the right solution because it refers to a specific geological period in Earth's history.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Geological period
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- period
- geologically
- geologic
- mineralogical
- geological fault
- sedimentary rock
- geomorphologic
- palaeontological
- stratigraphic
- lithological
- ordovician period
- sedimentary
Crossword Answer definitions
EON noun- Eternity.
- A period of 1,000,000,000 years.
- The longest time period used in geology.
- A long period of time.
- (usually spelled aeon or æon) A spirit being emanating from the Godhead.
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 EON
- A billion years
- A month of Sundays
- Eternity
- Long, long time
- Many eras
- One billion years in ONE?
- Roughly forever
- A lo-o-ong time
- Age
- Ages and ages
More clues leading to the result EPOCH
- Geologic time
- Memorable period
- Distinctive period
- Earth science chapter
- Geologist's division
- Historic period
- Time period
- Geological period
- Long time
- Paleontology period
More clues leading to the result NEOCENE
- Geological time period that underwent a name change
- Period in Earth's history
- Early geological period
- Early geologic period
- Later portion of Tertiary.
- Late Tertiary period.
- Geological period.
- Of a geologic period.
- Tertiary period in geology.
- Geologic period.
More clues leading to the result ERA
- "__ of Good Feelings"
- Big Band, e.g.
- Big time
- Christian __
- Christian, for one
- Gay Nineties, e.g.
- Generation
- Geologic division
- Historic period
- Historical period
More clues leading to the result EOCENE
- Tertiary epoch
- Modem mammal era
- Epoch when horses appeared
- Cenozoic epoch
- Tertiary Period epoch
- Mammalian epoch
- Epoch in which mammals arose
- 15-million-year epoch
- Epoch when monkeys first appeared
- Epoch in which mammals became dominant
More clues leading to the result ICEAGE
- Glacial era
- When moraines were formed
- Part of the Pleistocene epoch
- Recent glacial period
- The Pleistocene
- Glacial epoch
- Big chill
- Fjord forming time
- The current one peaked 20,000 years ago
- Pleistocene epoch
More clues leading to the result MIOCENE
- Tertiary epoch
- Epoch with big birds
- Long-ago epoch
- Epoch in which grazing mammals became widespread
- Geological epoch
- Period of the Age of Mammals.
- Geological period.
- Division of the tertiary system.
- Geological period
- A Tertiary epoch
More clues leading to the result AEON
- A billion years
- A very long time
- Age
- An indefinitely long period of time
- Eternity
- Indefinite period
- A long, long time
- Ages and ages
- Many a millennium
- "___ Flux" (Peter Chung animated series)
More clues leading to the result TRIAS
- Geologic period.
- Political union of old German Empire.
- The old German Empire, regarded as a triplicity.
- Geological period.
- Term in geology.
More clues leading to the result AGE
- Beauty preceder?
- Bio bit
- Cause of wrinkles
- Generation
- Get better, as wine
- Get older
- Go gray
- Grow sharper
- Historic period
- Iron or Bronze
More clues leading to the result IRONAGE
- Early historical era
- It began in 2500 B.C.
- Primitive period
- Noriega dancing when metal took off (4, 3)
- When man really forged ahead?
- Early toolmaking period
- Era in which alphabetic writing became widespread
- It started around 1200 B.C.
- Period starting about 1400 B.C.
- Era after Bronze
More clues leading to the result JURA
- Swiss-French range
- __ Mountains, Swiss border range
- __ Mountains, which separate the Rhine and the Rhone
- Mountain range between France and Switzerland.
- Range between France and Switzerland.
- Mountain range from the Rhine to the Rhone.
- Franco-Swiss mountain range.
- Range in France and Switzerland.
- French mountain range.
- Mountain chain of Europe.