Christmas stocking disappointment
The crossword clue "Christmas stocking disappointment" is answered by COAL, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2010. It appears in 3 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 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2010. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for COAL
Every other clue in this collection answered by COAL, most used first.
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- 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
- Black shade - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- 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
- 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.
- "___ the night before Christmas ..." - TWAS, used 151 times
- Christmas carol - NOEL, used 134 times
- "___ want for Christmas..." - ALLI, used 92 times
- Christmas song - NOEL, used 91 times
- Christmas season - YULE, used 88 times
- Christmas - YULE, used 71 times
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