The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word OIL , but the solution may also be CANVAS which is one of the most recent solution (2004 in New York Times).
Painting crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| OIL | 57 % | 3 |
| CANVAS | 11 % | 6 |
| MURAL | 11 % | 5 |
| NUDE | 4 % | 4 |
| FRESCO | 4 % | 6 |
| WATERCOLOR | 4 % | 10 |
| ENAMELING | 4 % | 9 |
| GUERNICAPP | 4 % | 10 |
| STILLLIFE | 4 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Painting
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- picture
- house painting
- mural
- painter
- chalkboard
- blackboard
- artwork
- portrait
- tableau
- draw
- artist
- drawing
Crossword Answer definitions
OIL noun- Liquid fat.
- Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant.
- An oil painting.
- Oil paint.
- To lubricate with oil.
- To grease with oil for cooking.
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 OIL
- Lubricate
- Peanut product
- Black gold
- Tin Man's need
- Wildcatter's quest
- Artist's medium
- Cooking additive
- Cottonseed product
- Friction easer
- It's burned at midnight
More clues leading to the result CANVAS
- Artist's fabric
- Sail material
- Wrestling surface
- Painting surface
- Sparring surface
- Ring material
- Oil site
- Boxing surface
- Tote bag material
- Totebag material
More clues leading to the result MURAL
- "The Last Judgment," e.g.
- Large wall painting
- Wall decor
- Diego Rivera work
- Chagall piece
- Big picture?
- Wall covering
- Wall decoration
- Wall painting inside B.C.'s Parliament Buildings, e.g.
- Wall painting
More clues leading to the result NUDE
- Bare
- In one's birthday suit
- In the raw
- How to skinny-dip
- Like Goya's Maja
- Without a stitch
- Working model, perhaps
- Hosiery shade
- In the flesh?
- Classic artist's subject
More clues leading to the result FRESCO
- "The Last Supper," e.g.
- Al _____ (outdoors)
- Recombined "forces"?
- Painting-on-plaster technique
- Michelangelo's "The Creation of Adam," e.g.
- Picture on plaster
- Painting on wet or dried plaster
- Wall painting
- Painting on plaster
- Mural on wet plaster
More clues leading to the result WATERCOLOR
- Alternative to oil painting
- Work by Homer or Whistler
- Artist's medium
- Aquarelle
- Medium used by Whistler.
- Painting.
- Marine medium
- Winslow Homer's "The Reaper," e.g.
- Non-oil painting method
- Oil alternative