Tarnish
The crossword clue "Tarnish" is answered by SOIL, a 4-letter entry. Used 19 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1984. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SOIL
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SOIL answer page.
Used 19 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1984. It appears in 8 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 SOIL
Every other clue in this collection answered by SOIL, most used first.
- Earth - used 71 times, most recently in 2025
- Dirt - used 53 times, most recently in 2024
- Potting need - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Dirty - used 31 times, most recently in 2024
- Make dirty - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Gardener's bagful - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Besmirch - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Get dirty - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Sully - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Loam - used 13 times, most recently in 2014
- Potter's need - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
- Potting material - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Agronomist's concern - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- Stain - used 11 times, most recently in 2008
- Gardener's dirt - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Flower pot filler - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Flowerpot filler - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Garden dirt - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Potter's purchase - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Where the worm turns - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
- Garden center bagful - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Gardener's purchase - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Earth in the garden - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Gardener's need - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Farmer's earth - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Farmland - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Land - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Potting __ - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
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- Ooze - SEEP, used 449 times
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- Withered - SERE, used 400 times
- Location - SITE, used 390 times
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