Chimney coating
The crossword clue "Chimney coating" is answered by SOOT, a 4-letter entry. Used 15 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1974. 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
SOOT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SOOT answer page.
Used 15 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SOOT
Every other clue in this collection answered by SOOT, most used first.
- Chimney buildup - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Chimney residue - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Chimney dust - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
- Lampblack - used 48 times, most recently in 2021
- Chimney grime - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Sweep's target - used 30 times, most recently in 2022
- Chimney sweep's target - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Chimney dirt - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Flue residue - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Fireplace residue - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Flue buildup - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Flue filth - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Chimney accumulation - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Flue dirt - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
- Chimney stuff - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Flue coating - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Sweep's sweepings - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Carbon particles - used 8 times, most recently in 2003
- Chimney lining - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Dirty coat - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Chimney blackener - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Chimney dust on Santa's suit - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Grime - used 7 times, most recently in 2002
- Santa soiler - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
- Chimney powder - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Combustion byproduct - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
- Santa's laundry problem - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
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.
- Chimney channel - FLUE, used 40 times
- Chimney duct - FLUE, used 39 times
- Icy coating - RIME, used 35 times
- Seed coating - ARIL, used 34 times
- Icy coating - HOAR, used 33 times
- Chimney part - FLUE, used 30 times
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