Fine fur

The answer

ERMINE

6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ERMINE answer page.

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• SABLE (16 uses in xd)
• MINK (6 uses in xd)
• SEAL (2 uses in xd)
• MARTEN (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ERMINE

Every other clue in this collection answered by ERMINE, most used first.

• Royal fur - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Regal fur - used 24 times, most recently in 2019
• White fur - used 16 times, most recently in 2020
• White weasel - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Kingly fur - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Winter weasel - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• White-coated weasel - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Expensive fur - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• Fur. - used 7 times, most recently in 1971
• Stoat - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Ferret's cousin - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Royal robe trim - used 6 times, most recently in 2013

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.

• Fine point - DETAIL, used 25 times
• Fine wool - MERINO, used 24 times
• Fine point - NICETY, used 20 times
• Fine-tune - ADJUST, used 19 times
• Fine-tunes - TWEAKS, used 16 times
• Punish by fine - AMERCE, used 14 times

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