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Layer of paint

Answer: COAT - 4 letters

The crossword clue "Layer of paint" is answered by COAT, a 4-letter entry. Used 85 times across 30 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 21 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.

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COAT

COAT

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the COAT answer page.

85Times used
30Distinct years
2026Most recent year
21Publications

Used 85 times across 30 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 21 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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