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Greasy

Answer: OILY - 4 letters

The crossword clue "Greasy" is answered by OILY, a 4-letter entry. Used 85 times across 28 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 18 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.

The answer

OILY

OILY

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OILY answer page.

85Times used
28Distinct years
2026Most recent year
18Publications

Used 85 times across 28 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 18 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this pilot link to their own answer page.

  • FATTY (2 uses in xd)
  • SPOON (2 uses in xd)
  • HERBY (1 uses in xd)
  • KIDSTUFF (1 uses in xd)
  • SLIPPERY (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for OILY

Every other clue in this pilot answered by OILY, most used first.

  • Unctuous - used 153 times, most recently in 2026

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