Seed protector
The crossword clue "Seed protector" is answered by ARIL, a 4-letter entry. Used 15 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ARIL
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ARIL answer page.
Used 15 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for ARIL
Every other clue in this collection answered by ARIL, most used first.
- Seed covering - used 316 times, most recently in 2025
- Seed cover - used 116 times, most recently in 2025
- Seed coat - used 99 times, most recently in 2023
- Seed coating - used 34 times, most recently in 2024
- Integument - used 19 times, most recently in 2003
- Seed appendage - used 18 times, most recently in 2014
- Seed jacket - used 18 times, most recently in 2015
- Nutmeg covering - used 17 times, most recently in 2015
- Seed case - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
- Bittersweet coating - used 15 times, most recently in 2013
- Seed sheath - used 15 times, most recently in 2016
- Nutmeg skin - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
- Seed part. - used 11 times, most recently in 1983
- Fleshy seed wrapper - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Nutmeg coat - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- Nutmeg cover - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Fleshy seed cover - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Fleshy seed covering - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Husk - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Seed casing - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Seed envelope - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
- Seed integument - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
- Seed pod - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Castle protector - MOAT, used 40 times
- Seed - GERM, used 25 times
- Seed holders - PODS, used 23 times
- Diamond protector - TARP, used 22 times
- Scattered, as seed - SOWN, used 22 times
- Eye protector - LASH, used 19 times
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