A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

SILT

Sun, 27 Apr '25
Riverbank material
Tue, 15 Apr '25
River residue
Mon, 5 Feb '24
Delta deposit
Thu, 4 May '23
Material that's bad for the mouth?
Mon, 23 May '22
Riverbank deposit
Mon, 31 Jan '22
Fine sediment
Thu, 18 Nov '21
Alluvium