The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SHALE , but the solution may also be GLAM which is one of the most recent solution (2015 in Universal uClick).
Type of rock crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SHALE | 25 % | 5 |
| ACID | 17 % | 4 |
| LAVA | 17 % | 4 |
| GLAM | 8 % | 4 |
| ARENA | 8 % | 5 |
| POP | 8 % | 3 |
| OOLITE | 8 % | 6 |
| PROG | 8 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Type of rock
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- sedimentary
- metamorphic
- igneous
- melt
- mush
- magmatic
- intrusive
- metamorphism
- agglomeration
- effusive
- intrusion
- igneous rock
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 ACID
- Amino, boric, or citric
- Etcher's need
- Litmus reddener
- Nitric or sulfuric
- Bitter
- Etching fluid
- Kind of test
- Tangy
- Test type
- Word with rock or rain
More clues leading to the result LAVA
- Fuji flow
- Hot rock?
- Hot stuff
- Pumice, essentially
- Volcano output
- Fluid rock
- Hawaiian heat
- Volcanic flow
- Body shop soap
- Etna output
More clues leading to the result GLAM
- Ziggy Stardust genre
- David Bowie genre
- Queen's style
- Sparks genre
- Doll (up)
- Gussy (up)
- Ziggy Stardust's style
- Drag queen's sine qua non
- Razzle-dazzle
- ___ rock (David Bowie's genre)
More clues leading to the result ARENA
- The Colosseum, e.g.
- Combat zone
- Fight site
- Gladiator's venue
- Hippodrome
- Hippodrome, e.g.
- Madison Square Garden
- Play grounds
- Pug's workplace
- Rock concert venue
More clues leading to the result POP
- __ for (buy)
- __-up (infielder's chance)
- Grammy Awards category
- Weasel word?
- Type of quiz
- Household name
- "The French Connection" character
- Bottle opening sound
- Bubble bursting noise
- Gotye genre
More clues leading to the result OOLITE
- Limestone
- Sea rock
- Rock consisting of round grains cemented together.
- Spherulitic rock: Geol.
- Limestone that resembles fish eggs.
- Limestone of fish-egg appearance.
- Rock made of round grains.
- Grainy limestone.
- Limestone composed of grains.
- Type of rock.