Clues for the word "BORAX"
We've had 54 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 75 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on December 09, 2025.
Definition of borax
- n. - A white or gray crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors on porcelain, and as a soap. It occurs native in certain mineral springs, and is made from the boric acid of hot springs in Tuscany. It was originally obtained from a lake in Thibet, and was sent to Europe under the name of tincal. Borax is a pyroborate or tetraborate of sodium, Na2B4O7.10H2O.
Referring Clues
- Common cleanser
- 20-mule team load
- Cleansing agent
- Natural cleanser
- Powdered cleaning agent
- 20 Mule Team compound
- Water softener
- Mineral used to soften water
- White powder used in cleaning products
- Compound in some soaps
- Cleaning compound
- Compound used as a water softener
- Cockroach repellent
- Mineral found in detergent
- Detergent powder
- Detergent ingredient
- Cleanser ingredient
- Ore used as a cleansing agent
- 20 Mule Team product
- 20 Mule Team cleanser
- Antiseptic agent
- Ingredient in artificial gems
- Cleansing agent
- Death Valley product
- Cleansing powder
- Shoddy merchandise
- Cleaning agent
- Compound used to kill ants
- Household cleanser
- Water softner
- Caustic
- Detergent component
- Cheap, shoddy merchandise
- Cleanser
- Product once pitched by Ronald Reagan
- Salt used in manufacturing
- Soft white mineral
- Mineral mined in the Mojave
- Mineral used in water softening
- Natural detergent
- 20 Mule Team brand
- Crystals used in soap and glass
- Powdered cleanser
- Cleanser compound
- "20 Mule Team" cleaner
- Mineral in cleansers
- Laundry product lethal to roaches
- Laundry cleaner
- Classic cleaning compound
- Mineral used as a flame retardant
- Ingredient in laundry products
- Chemical ingredient in flubber
- Softener ingredient
- 20 Mule Team laundry product
Last Seen In
- LA Times - December 09, 2025
- LA Times - September 22, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - February 10, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 21, 2023
- New York Times - June 12, 2022
- New York Times - June 07, 2022
- New York Times - January 09, 2022
- Netword - January 26, 2018
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 27, 2017
- Wall Street Journal - October 21, 2016
- LA Times - January 10, 2016
- LA Times - November 27, 2015
- LA Times - April 15, 2015
- Netword - January 17, 2015
- New York Times - December 26, 2014
- LA Times Sunday - November 30, 2014
- New York Times - November 22, 2014
- Canadiana - November 17, 2014
- New York Times - March 22, 2014
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 21, 2014
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 24, 2014
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 31, 2013
- Family Time - December 29, 2013
- New York Times - December 14, 2013
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 30, 2013
- New York Times - September 13, 2013
- Universal - July 09, 2013
- LA Times Sunday - March 17, 2013
- New York Times - March 10, 2013
- LA Times - February 16, 2013
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