Violin bow coating

The answer

ROSIN

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ROSIN answer page.

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ROSIN

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

• Violinist's need - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Violin bow application - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
• Fiddler's need - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Varnish ingredient - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
• Violinist's stuff - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Bow application - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Colophony. - used 10 times, most recently in 1997
• Pitcher's bagful - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Cello bow application - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Violinist's aid - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Violinist's supply - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Cellist's purchase - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Violinist's accessory - used 7 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Valuable violin - AMATI, used 82 times
• Stern with a bow - ISAAC, used 51 times
• Violin maker - AMATI, used 48 times
• Barton or Bow - CLARA, used 36 times
• Prized violin - AMATI, used 30 times
• Seed coating - TESTA, used 30 times

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