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 Wall Street Journal in 2020.
Sedimentary rock crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SHALE | 69 % | 5 |
| LIMESTONE | 19 % | 9 |
| SANDSTONE | 6 % | 9 |
| ORE | 6 % | 3 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sedimentary rock
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- sedimentary
- igneous rock
- metamorphic rock
- lithogenesis
- clastic
- freestone
- sandstone
- shale
- rock
- continental crust
- rock sequence
- mudrock
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 LIMESTONE
- Quarry mineral
- Calcium carbonate source
- Sedimentary rock
- Quarry rock
- Great Sphinx material
- Great Pyramid material
- Empire State Building material
- Calcium carbonate.
- Rock in Mammoth Cave.
- Dolomite.
More clues leading to the result SANDSTONE
- Certain sedimentary rock
- Outdoor amphitheater
- Common sedimentary rock
- Rainbow Bridge National Monument, essentially
- Rock.
- Construction material
- Sedimentary rock
- Sound quality for George?
- Grand Canyon material
- Zion National Park material