Castle trenches
The crossword clue "Castle trenches" is answered by MOATS, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 6 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 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for MOATS
Every other clue in this collection answered by MOATS, most used first.
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- 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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