Painter's medium
The crossword clue "Painter's medium" is answered by OILS, a 4-letter entry. Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1963. 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
OILS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OILS answer page.
Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1963. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for OILS
Every other clue in this collection answered by OILS, most used first.
- Lubricates - used 130 times, most recently in 2026
- Some paintings - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
- Paintings. - used 21 times, most recently in 1997
- Fixes a squeak - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Monet medium - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Artist's medium - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Frying liquids - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Stops from squeaking - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
- Some are essential - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Certain paintings - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
- Liquids for frying - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Art medium - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
- Masseur's supply - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Essential __ - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Eliminates a squeak - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Medium for Monet - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Portrait medium - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
- Rembrandt works - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Removes a squeak from - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Some museum pieces - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Art supplies - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- De-squeaks - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Many Manets - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Masseur's stock - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Monet's supply - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Palette paints - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Spa supplies - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Squelches a squeak - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
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.
- Culture medium - AGAR, used 270 times
- Frying medium - LARD, used 45 times
- Lab medium - AGAR, used 28 times
- Small, medium or large - SIZE, used 23 times
- Painter's calculation - AREA, used 19 times
- Petri dish medium - AGAR, used 19 times
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