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Rank | Letters | Answer | Clue | |
1 | 99% | 6 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 37% | 7 | Small, silvery freshwater fishes | |
3 | 24% | 11 | Family of small silvery fishes found in fresh and salt water | |
Silvery Fishes Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "SMELTS" which means:
- noun
- • Small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water
- • Small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters verb
- • Extract (metals) by heating
An example sentence would be:
- • "He smelts iron ore to produce steel."
- • "The blacksmith smelts the metal to shape it into a horseshoe."
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New York Times18 Aug 1991 | Down 9 | |
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