Dipstick coating

The answer

OIL

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OIL answer page.

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for OIL

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

• Lubricate - used 159 times, most recently in 2026
• Black gold - used 121 times, most recently in 2026
• Texas tea - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
• Peanut product - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• Squeak stopper - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• Salad dressing ingredient - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
• Tin Man's need - used 48 times, most recently in 2025
• Lubricant - used 44 times, most recently in 2018
• Motor need - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Slick stuff - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Engine need - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Vinaigrette ingredient - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Olive product - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Fuel. - used 22 times, most recently in 1975
• Canola ___ - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Cruet contents - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Frying liquid - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Painting. - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
• Jiffy Lube supply - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• __ and vinegar - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Dressing ingredient - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Frying need - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Safflower ___ - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Wildcatter's find - used 16 times, most recently in 2016
• Crude stuff - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Gusher flow - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Liquid for frying - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Vinegar's partner - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Corn product - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Friction reducer - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Midnight ___ - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
• OPEC commodity - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
• Salad dressing base - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Venezuelan export - used 12 times, most recently in 2011
• Cruet filler - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Furnace fuel - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Painter's medium - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Petroleum - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Coconut ___ - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Extra virgin olive ___ - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Fix a squeak - used 10 times, most recently in 2012
• Fossil fuel - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Mideast export - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Museum hanging - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• OPEC concern - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Squeak silencer - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Standard product? - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Stir-fry need - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Stop a squeak - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Sunflower product - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Tanker's cargo - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Wildcat strike - used 9 times, most recently in 2008
• Bribe - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• De-squeak - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Dressing component - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• It may be crude - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Jed Clampett's discovery - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Natural resource - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• OPEC product - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Squeak squelcher - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Well output - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Dressing part - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Driveway blotch - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Lube - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Lucky strike? - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Olive __ - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Olive extract - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Pipeline flow - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Salad topping - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Vinegar partner - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Alberta export - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Art medium - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Crankcase fluid - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Engine lubricant - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Flaxseed byproduct - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Friction easer - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Garage supply - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Gusher output - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Kuwaiti export - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• OPEC export - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Painting medium - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of EVOO - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Saudi Arabian export - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Stir-frying need - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Wildcatter's quest - used 6 times, most recently in 2014

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.

• Lawn coating - DEW, used 35 times
• Grass coating - DEW, used 25 times
• Word on a dipstick - ADD, used 12 times
• Downy coating - NAP, used 9 times
• Barbecue coating - RUB, used 8 times
• Road coating - TAR, used 8 times

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