Castle defenses
The crossword clue "Castle defenses" is answered by MOATS, a 5-letter entry. Used 13 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1960. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
MOATS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MOATS answer page.
Used 13 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1960. It appears in 7 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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- PARAPETS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for MOATS
Every other clue in this collection answered by MOATS, most used first.
- Castle protectors - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Castle barriers - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Castle surrounders - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Castle trenches - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Ditches - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Zoo barriers - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Castle ditches - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Defensive ditches - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
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