The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SLAG which also is the latest solution we found used in Crosswords Media in 2005.
Tailings crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SLAG | 100 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Tailings
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- following
- shadowing
- rock
- mids
- trace
- waste
- residue
- residual
- barren
- sterile
- cuttings
- dams
Crossword Answer definitions
SLAG noun- Waste material from a coal mine
- Scum that forms on the surface of molten metal
- Impurities formed and separated out when a metal is smelted from ore; vitrified cinders
- Hard aggregate remaining as a residue from blast furnaces, sometimes used as a surfacing material
- Scoria associated with a volcano
- A coward
- (chiefly Cockney) a contemptible person, a scumbag
- A prostitute
- A woman (sometimes a man) who has loose morals relating to sex; a slut
- To produce slag
- To become slag; to agglomerate when heated below the fusion point
- To reduce to slag
- (sometimes with "off") to talk badly about; to malign or denigrate (someone)
- To spit
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