Finger-paints
The crossword clue "Finger-paints" is answered by DAUBS, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. 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
DAUBS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DAUBS answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for DAUBS
Every other clue in this collection answered by DAUBS, most used first.
- Smears - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Applies sloppily - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Slaps on - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- Finger or toe - DIGIT, used 66 times
- Point the finger at - BLAME, used 35 times
- Point a finger at - BLAME, used 29 times
- Use finger paint - SMEAR, used 13 times
- Finger - RATON, used 12 times
- Spanish finger food - TAPAS, used 12 times
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