Crossword clues - Answer
OIL
OIL is a 3-letter crossword answer with 16 clues in this collection. Across those clues it has 815 usages in the xd corpus, most recently in 2026. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
OIL
OIL
3Letters
16Clues in collection
815Combined xd usages
2026Most recent year
Combined usages add the xd usage counts of every clue below. Frequency figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Every clue for OIL in this collection
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- Lubricate - used 159 times across 43 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Black gold - used 121 times across 41 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Texas tea - used 80 times across 28 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Peanut product - used 65 times across 27 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Squeak stopper - used 57 times across 20 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Salad dressing ingredient - used 52 times across 20 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Tin Man's need - used 48 times across 23 distinct years, most recently in 2025
- Lubricant - used 44 times across 21 distinct years, most recently in 2018
- Motor need - used 27 times across 13 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Slick stuff - used 26 times across 17 distinct years, most recently in 2025
- Engine need - used 25 times across 12 distinct years, most recently in 2025
- Vinaigrette ingredient - used 24 times across 15 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Olive product - used 23 times across 16 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Fuel. - used 22 times across 14 distinct years, most recently in 1975
- Canola ___ - used 21 times across 11 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Cruet contents - used 21 times across 15 distinct years, most recently in 2026
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