Water holder
The crossword clue "Water holder" is answered by PAIL, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PAIL
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PAIL answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for PAIL
Every other clue in this collection answered by PAIL, most used first.
- Bucket - used 99 times, most recently in 2026
- Sandbox toy - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- Beach toy - used 40 times, most recently in 2019
- Beach bucket - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Water carrier - used 17 times, most recently in 2022
- Sandbox bucket - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Nursery rhyme vessel - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Beach item - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- It'll hold water - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
- Jack and Jill's vessel - used 9 times, most recently in 2009
- Container. - used 8 times, most recently in 1992
- Jack and Jill's container - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Milkmaid's need - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Sandcastle shaper - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Trick-or-treater's tote - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Vessel for Jack and Jill - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- Ice cream holder - CONE, used 134 times
- Water pitcher - EWER, used 125 times
- Water color - AQUA, used 108 times
- Bouquet holder - VASE, used 95 times
- Whirling water - EDDY, used 80 times
- Scoop holder - CONE, used 78 times
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