Answer to "Oily" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SLICK , but the solution may also be GREASY which is one of the most recent solution (2010 in King Syndicate).

Oily crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
SLICK	38 %	5
GREASY	38 %	6
OLEIC	13 %	5
SUAVE	13 %	5

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Oily

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• oleaginous
• greasy
• coated
• unctuous
• fatty
• fat
• buttery
• soiled
• unclean
• sebaceous
• dirty
• fulsome

Crossword Answer definitions

SLICK noun

1. A covering of liquid, particularly oil.
2. Someone who is clever and untrustworthy.
3. A tool used to make something smooth or even.
4. A tire with a smooth surface instead of a tread pattern, often used in auto racing.
5. A helicopter.
6. A camera-ready image to be used by a printer. The "slick" is photographed to produce a negative image which is then used to burn a positive offset plate or other printing device.
7. A wide paring chisel used in joinery.

SLICK verb

1. To make slick.

SLICK adjective

1. Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances.
2. Appearing expensive or sophisticated.
3. Superficially convincing but actually untrustworthy.
4. (often used sarcastically) Clever, making an apparently hard task easy.
5. Extraordinarily great or special.
6. Sleek; smooth

SLICK noun

1. The finer portion of crushed ore, as of gold, lead, or tin, separated by the water in certain wet processes.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result SLICK

• Unctuous
• Oil-spill formation
• Oily spot
• Clever
• Cleverly devised
• Glossy
• Oily
• Covered in ice or oil
• Sign of a spill
• Smooth-talking

More clues leading to the result GREASY

• Like a hangover-curing meal, it's said
• Like hair in dire need of shampoo
• Like some hair
• Unguinous
• ___ spoon (diner)
• ___ spoon
• Full of fat, perhaps
• Slick, in a way
• Like some spoons?
• Sort of spoon

More clues leading to the result OLEIC

• Fatty acid
• Kind of acid
• Fatty type of acid
• Olive oil acid
• ___ acid (vegetable oil ingredient)
• ___ acid (soap ingredient)
• Acid type used in the manufacturing of soap
• Oily acid
• Acid used in soap
• Of oil

More clues leading to the result SUAVE

• Smooth in manner
• Debonair
• Good with lines?
• Smooth
• Smooth, socially
• Urbane
• Dorky's opposite
• Like a smooth operator
• Polished
• Gracefully tactful