The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SHALE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2021.
One source of oil crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SHALE | 20 % | 5 |
| TIDELAND | 20 % | 8 |
| SEEP | 20 % | 4 |
| OLIVES | 20 % | 6 |
| OLIVE | 20 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: One source of oil
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- crude oil
- petroleum
- olive
- shale
- linseed
- cod
- soybean
- cottonseed
- well
- nut
- palm
- sesame
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 TIDELAND
- State-owned underwater tract.
- One source of oil.
- Soft clam's home
- Beach
- Coastal land alternately submerged
- Coastal land regularly submerged
- Area often covered by flooding
More clues leading to the result SEEP
- Ooze
- Trickle down
- Enter slowly
- Filter through
- Percolate
- Slip through the cracks?
- Slow flow
- Run
- Trickle
- Creep out
More clues leading to the result OLIVES
- They may be colossal
- Oil-producing fruits
- Salad spheroids
- Tapenade ingredients
- Pizza topping
- Mount of ___ (Biblical location)
- Jerusalem's Mount of ___
- Martini garnishes
- They may be pitted
- Antipasto morsels