Black shade
The crossword clue "Black shade" is answered by COAL, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
COAL
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the COAL answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 6 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 COAL
Every other clue in this collection answered by COAL, most used first.
- Fossil fuel - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- Furnace fuel - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Anthracite - used 29 times, most recently in 2020
- Shade of black - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Frosty's eyes - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
- Old furnace fuel - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
- Fuel - used 17 times, most recently in 2005
- Brat's stocking stuffer - used 16 times, most recently in 2019
- West Virginia resource - used 13 times, most recently in 2020
- Anthracite, e.g. - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Locomotive fuel - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Ember - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- Energy source - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
- Fuel from a mine - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Mined fuel - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Snowman's eyes - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- West Virginia natural resource - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Unwelcome stocking stuffer - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- West Virginia product - used 7 times, most recently in 2003
- Black vein contents - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Brat's Christmas present - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Briquette - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Christmas stocking disappointment - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Furnace fodder - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Old-time furnace fuel - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Unwanted stocking stuffer - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- West Virginia export - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
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.
- Black-and-white cookie - OREO, used 272 times
- Shade trees - ELMS, used 266 times
- Black - EBON, used 159 times
- Black - INKY, used 125 times
- Shade - TINT, used 102 times
- Black, in verse - EBON, used 99 times
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