Brown ermines
The crossword clue "Brown ermines" is answered by STOATS, a 6-letter entry. Used 16 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1962. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
STOATS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STOATS answer page.
Used 16 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1962. It appears in 9 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.
- STOTS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for STOATS
Every other clue in this collection answered by STOATS, most used first.
- Ermines - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Summer ermines - used 22 times, most recently in 2020
- Short-tailed weasels - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Some ermines - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Weasels. - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
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- Reddish brown pigment - SIENNA, used 12 times
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