Oil holder
The crossword clue "Oil holder" is answered by DRUM, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2002. 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
DRUM
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DRUM answer page.
Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 4 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 DRUM
Every other clue in this collection answered by DRUM, most used first.
- Percussion instrument - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Oil container - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Bongo, for one - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Beat it! - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Bongo, e.g. - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Snare, for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
- Tom-tom. - used 7 times, most recently in 2004
- Bongo or conga - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Oil barrel - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Tom-tom, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
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.
- Oil cartel - OPEC, used 253 times
- Ice cream holder - CONE, used 134 times
- Bouquet holder - VASE, used 95 times
- Oil of ___ - OLAY, used 85 times
- Scoop holder - CONE, used 78 times
- Flower holder - VASE, used 73 times
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