Well-___ machine
The crossword clue "Well-___ machine" is answered by OILED, a 5-letter entry. Used 19 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
OILED
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OILED answer page.
Used 19 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for OILED
Every other clue in this collection answered by OILED, most used first.
- Lubricated - used 162 times, most recently in 2026
- Blotto - used 17 times, most recently in 2017
- Greased - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Stopped from squeaking - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Kept from squeaking - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- No longer squeaking - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
- Stopped a squeak - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
- Anointed. - used 9 times, most recently in 1968
- Fixed, as a squeak - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Pie-eyed - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Added lubrication to - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Made slick - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Fixed a squeak - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- No longer squeaky - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Squelched a squeak - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
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.
- "Well done!" - BRAVO, used 59 times
- Farm machine - BALER, used 58 times
- Washing machine cycle - RINSE, used 51 times
- Well-known - NOTED, used 39 times
- Well-known - FAMED, used 39 times
- Sewing machine inventor Howe - ELIAS, used 38 times
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