The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SOILS , but the solution may also be BLOTS which is one of the most recent solution (2014 in New York Times).
Stains crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SOILS | 31 % | 5 |
| DYES | 11 % | 4 |
| BLOTS | 11 % | 5 |
| SPOTS | 8 % | 5 |
| DISCOLORS | 6 % | 9 |
| IMBRUES | 6 % | 7 |
| DISHONORS | 6 % | 9 |
| DISCOLORATIONS | 3 % | 14 |
| STIGMAS | 3 % | 7 |
| TAINTS | 3 % | 6 |
| SPLOTCHES | 3 % | 9 |
| TINCTS | 3 % | 6 |
| DARKENS | 3 % | 7 |
| BEFOULS | 3 % | 7 |
| MACULATES | 3 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Stains
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- blot
- fleck
- smirch
- smear
- blob
- discoloration
- discolouration
- grease
- brand
- filth
- grime
- spot
Crossword Answer definitions
SOILS noun- A mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth.
- The unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth that serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants.
- The unconsolidated mineral or organic matter on the surface of the earth that has been subjected to and shows effects of genetic and environmental factors of: climate (including water and temperature effects), and macro- and microorganisms, conditioned by relief, acting on parent material over a period of time. A product-soil differs from the material from which it is derived in many physical, chemical, biological, and morphological properties and characteristics.
- Country or territory.
- That which soils or pollutes; a stain.
- A marshy or miry place to which a hunted boar resorts for refuge; hence, a wet place, stream, or tract of water, sought for by other game, as deer.
- Dung; compost; manure.
- Faeces or urine etc. when found on clothes.
- A bag containing soiled items.
- To make dirty.
- To become dirty or soiled.
- To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.
- To dirty one's clothing by accidentally defecating while clothed.
- To make invalid, to ruin.
- To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.
- A wet or marshy place in which a boar or other such game seeks refuge when hunted.
- To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an enclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (such food having the effect of purging them), to purge by feeding on green food.
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 SOILS
- Disgraces
- Potting needs
- Garden varieties?
- Greenhouse stuff
- Ruins, as a reputation
- Renders unclean
- Potting mixtures
- Dirties
- Agronomists' concerns
- Besmirches
More clues leading to the result DYES
- Hair products
- Batik needs
- Change colors
- Food additives
- Pigments
- Changes color
- Salon supplies
- Does batik
- Batiking needs
- Coloring stuff
More clues leading to the result BLOTS
- LSD units
- Rorschach test fodder
- They may be interpreted in a shrink's office
- Ink-spill leftovers
- Reputation demerits
- Soaks up, as a spill
- Discoloring stains
- Uses Bounty, for example
- Ink stains
- Blemishes
More clues leading to the result SPOTS
- Tea units, to the Brits
- Can be on a dog
- Dalmatian feature
- Parking places
- Catches sight of
- Picks out
- Sees
- Leopard's markings
- Leopard's coat characteristic
- Dalmatian's array
More clues leading to the result DISCOLORS
More clues leading to the result IMBRUES
More clues leading to the result DISHONORS
More clues leading to the result DISCOLORATIONS
More clues leading to the result STIGMAS
- Blots on one's record
- Symbols of disgrace
- Reputation ruiners
- Reputation besmirchers
- Marks of infamy
- Bad marks
- Marks of infamy.
- Black marks.
- Stains
- Marks of disgrace
More clues leading to the result TAINTS
More clues leading to the result SPLOTCHES
More clues leading to the result TINCTS
- Hues
- Shades of colour
- Imbues with color
- Colors
- Colors slightly
- Dyes
- Colors lightly
- Hints of color
- Colorings
- Colors: Poet.
More clues leading to the result DARKENS
- Stains
- Loses light
- Dims
- Grows dimmer
- Grows dim
- What a photochromic lens does in daylight
- Obscures.
- What the moon does during a lunar eclipse
- Obumbrates
- Lowers lights