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 |
| BLOTS | 11 % | 5 |
| DYES | 11 % | 4 |
| SPOTS | 8 % | 5 |
| DISHONORS | 6 % | 9 |
| DISCOLORS | 6 % | 9 |
| IMBRUES | 6 % | 7 |
| DARKENS | 3 % | 7 |
| BEFOULS | 3 % | 7 |
| MACULATES | 3 % | 9 |
| DISCOLORATIONS | 3 % | 14 |
| STIGMAS | 3 % | 7 |
| TAINTS | 3 % | 6 |
| SPLOTCHES | 3 % | 9 |
| TINCTS | 3 % | 6 |
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 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 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 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 DISHONORS
More clues leading to the result DISCOLORS
More clues leading to the result IMBRUES
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
More clues leading to the result BEFOULS
More clues leading to the result MACULATES
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