Desert spots
The crossword clue "Desert spots" is answered by OASES, a 5-letter entry. Used 18 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
OASES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OASES answer page.
Used 18 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for OASES
Every other clue in this collection answered by OASES, most used first.
- Caravan stops - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- Desert havens - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Desert refuges - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Havens - used 39 times, most recently in 2024
- Refuges - used 25 times, most recently in 2019
- Watering holes - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Desert springs - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Fertile spots - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Desert stopovers - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Caravan stopovers - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- Desert watering holes - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Green spots - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Desert rest stops - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Cartoon mirages - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Desert spots with water - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Pleasant changes - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Rest stops - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Watering places - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Desert caravan stops - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Desert retreats - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Desert stops - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Tender spots - SORES, used 103 times
- Desert plants - CACTI, used 73 times
- Israeli desert - NEGEV, used 70 times
- Desert haven - OASIS, used 69 times
- Desert refuge - OASIS, used 62 times
- Blissful spots - EDENS, used 47 times
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