The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word OZONE which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2020.
Protective layer crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| OZONE | 67 % | 5 |
| HEN | 8 % | 3 |
| SKIN | 8 % | 4 |
| SHIELD | 8 % | 6 |
| LINER | 8 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Protective layer
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- coating
- skin
- shell
- membrane
- bloom
- grained
- grain
- pastel
- pick
- skiff
- girdle
- stub
Crossword Answer definitions
OZONE noun- An allotrope of oxygen (symbol O₃) having three atoms in the molecule instead of the usual two; it is a blue gas, generated from oxygen by electrical discharge.
- Fresh air, especially that breathed at the seaside and smelling of seaweed.
- To treat with ozone.
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 OZONE
- Fresh air, informally
- UV-absorbing layer
- Allotropic form of oxygen
- Odorous oxygen
- There's a "hole" in it
- Thunderstorm by-product
- Sun screen
- Kind of layer
- Blue gas in the greenhouse effect
- Shrinking layer
More clues leading to the result HEN
- Biddy
- Layer
- __ fruit
- Female pheasant
- Ex-egg, perhaps
- Producer of 44A
- Soup maker?
- Coop biddy
- Female octopus
- Female lobster
More clues leading to the result SKIN
- Body covering
- Peel
- Rind
- It's got you covered
- Onion throwaway
- Tattoo spot
- iPhone covering
- Canvas for tattoos
- Tattoo canvas
- What's got you covered
More clues leading to the result SHIELD
- Sword stopper, maybe
- Police officer's badge
- Arrow stopper, perhaps
- Cop's badge
- Captain America's weapon
- Conceal
- Protection against spears
- Protect
- Lancer's protection
- Protective piece