Clues for the word "GRAIN"
We've had 95 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 153 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New Zealand Herald crossword on January 14, 2026.
Definition of grain
- v. & n. - See Groan.
- n. - A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.
- n. - The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants themselves; -- used collectively.
- n. - Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc.; hence, any minute portion or particle; as, a grain of gunpowder, of pollen, of starch, of sense, of wit, etc.
- n. - The unit of the English system of weights; -- so called because considered equal to the average of grains taken from the middle of the ears of wheat. 7,000 grains constitute the pound avoirdupois, and 5,760 grains the pound troy. A grain is equal to .0648 gram. See Gram.
- n. - A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes; hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson, scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent to Tyrian purple.
- n. - The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement of the particles of any body which determines its comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble, sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain.
- n. - The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc.
- n. - The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any fibrous material.
- n. - The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side.
- n. - The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff.
- n. - A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock. See Grained, a., 4.
- a. - Temper; natural disposition; inclination.
- a. - A sort of spice, the grain of paradise.
- v. t. - To paint in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.
- v. t. - To form (powder, sugar, etc.) into grains.
- v. t. - To take the hair off (skins); to soften and raise the grain of (leather, etc.).
- n. - To yield fruit.
- n. - To form grains, or to assume a granular ferm, as the result of crystallization; to granulate.
- n. - A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant.
- n. - A tine, prong, or fork.
- n. - One the branches of a valley or of a river.
- n. - An iron first speak or harpoon, having four or more barbed points.
- n. - A blade of a sword, knife, etc.
- n. - A thin piece of metal, used in a mold to steady a core.
Referring Clues
- Silo contents
- Tiny amount
- 1980 embargo target
- Scintilla
- Millet, for one
- Corn or oat
- Tiniest amount of rice
- Smidgen of sand
- Speck of truth
- Means of identifying wood
- Amount of truth?
- Wood pattern
- Gristmill fodder
- Bit of truth
- One of four in a carat
- Wheat or rice
- Lumber feature
- Type of alcohol
- Sand particle
- Wood feature
- Sand unit
- Milo, e.g.
- Silo filler
- Bit of a beach?
- Rice, for one
- Elevator filler
- Board feature
- Mill input
- Unit of truth?
- Wheat, e.g.
- Particle in an hourglass
- Barley or bulgur
- Kind of elevator
- Salt smidgen
- Wheat or rye
- Rice unit
- Wood patterning
- Shaker unit
- Silo contents, often
- Bit of salt
- No Clue
- Tiny particle
- Small seed
- Good wet weather for cereal crop
- Cereal
- Speck
- Cereals
- An article to smile about, just a little
- Small particle
- Not much of a grin, perhaps!
- Small particle - wood texture
- Not much of an article to smile about
- Very small amount of profit outright
- Particle of sand
- A good shower means very little
- Show amusement about a tiny amount
- Smallest possible quantity of cereal
- Small hard seed of corn etc
- Character going to seed
- Smallest measure of weight in avoirdupois
- Small quantity (of corn etc)
- Single piece of sand etc
- Make a face about a bit of corn
- One getting into mature woman a little bit
- Very little for America's leader to smile about
- ___ while little old lady eats one tiny bit
- Make a profit without first reaping the corn
- Cereal crops in ground needing a shower
- Artist, seized by spirit, creating texture
- Lie of the wood in salt or sand
- Corn
- Wheat, for one
- Staple crop
- Not enough salt to taste, perhaps
- Seed
- A little sand?
- Rice or wheat
- Corn or quinoa
- Corn or wheat
- Minimal salt
- Mill fill
- Word that, if you double it and mix up the letters, becomes 17-Across
- Seedy article to smile about
- Silo stuff
- Corny, perhaps, but not much?
- Quinoa or spelt
- Wood texture
- Shave with it to avoid irritation
- For the harvest, it needs a good downpour
- Unit of salt or sand
- ___ of salt
- Silo fodder
- Quinoa or farro
- Wood flooring feature
- Silo fill
Last Seen In
- New Zealand Herald - January 14, 2026
- Your Life Choices - November 21, 2025
- Daily Quick - November 06, 2025
- Your Life Choices - August 23, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - July 22, 2025
- Daily Quick - June 25, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - June 21, 2025
- Daily American - June 18, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 18, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - May 15, 2025
- Daily Quick - April 26, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - April 10, 2025
- Daily Quick - December 08, 2024
- Your Life Choices - November 21, 2024
- USA Today - November 12, 2024
- New York Times - November 03, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - September 19, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - July 16, 2024
- Daily American - June 21, 2024
- LA Times - June 08, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - May 13, 2024
- Daily Quick - April 21, 2024
- Your Life Choices - April 07, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - March 09, 2024
- Daily American - February 03, 2024
- USA Today - December 22, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - December 10, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - December 09, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 13, 2023
- Penny Dell Sunday - November 12, 2023
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