Ditch under a drawbridge

The answer

MOAT

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

Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for MOAT

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

• Castle defense - used 121 times, most recently in 2026
• Castle protection - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• Castle protector - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Castle surrounder - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Castle ditch - used 24 times, most recently in 2023
• Water around a castle - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Zoo barrier - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Defensive ditch - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Castle trench - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Water under the drawbridge - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Protective ditch - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
• Protective trench - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Castle's defense - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Ditch. - used 14 times, most recently in 1968
• Trench around a castle - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Water under the bridge? - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Castle feature - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Ditch around a castle - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Medieval defense - used 11 times, most recently in 2013
• Zoo trench - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Ring around a castle - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• A drawbridge may span one - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Castle circler - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Rampart surrounder - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Ring around the castle - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Tower of London feature - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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.

• "Desire Under the ___" - ELMS, used 81 times
• Went under - SANK, used 60 times
• Is under the weather - AILS, used 53 times
• Under the covers - ABED, used 50 times
• Hot under the collar - SORE, used 36 times
• River under the Ponte Vecchio - ARNO, used 33 times

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