Stain
The crossword clue "Stain" is answered by BLOT, a 4-letter entry. Used 43 times across 30 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
BLOT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BLOT answer page.
Used 43 times across 30 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- IMBRUE (13 uses in xd)
Other clues for BLOT
Every other clue in this collection answered by BLOT, most used first.
- Ink stain - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
- Ink smudge - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Rorschach image - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Smudge - used 25 times, most recently in 2022
Related clues
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- Prejudice - BIAS, used 182 times
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