Stains
The crossword clue "Stains" is answered by SOILS, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1945. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SOILS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SOILS answer page.
Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1945. It appears in 4 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 collection link to their own answer page.
- DISCOLORS (3 uses in xd)
- IMBRUES (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for SOILS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SOILS, most used first.
- Dirties - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
- Besmirches - used 17 times, most recently in 2022
- Makes dirty - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Gets dirty - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Sullies - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Agronomists' samples - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Agronomists' study - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Planting bases - used 6 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.
- Ink stains - BLOTS, used 13 times
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