Clues for the word "MOAT"
We've had 218 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 583 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New Zealand Herald crossword on December 16, 2025.
Definition of moat
- n. - A deep trench around the rampart of a castle or other fortified place, sometimes filled with water; a ditch.
- v. t. - To surround with a moat.
Referring Clues
- Stage protection
- Water ring
- Castle's protection
- Tower of London feature
- Castle protector
- Part of a defense
- Castle protection
- Castle defense
- Water under the bridge
- Zoo barrier
- Attack deterrent
- Alternative to a fence
- A drawbridge spans it
- Castle encircler
- Palace protector
- A drawbridge may span one
- Part of a castle's defenses
- Water under the drawbridge
- A drawbridge might go over it
- Medieval defense
- Trench around a castle
- Ring around the castle
- Watery ditch
- Protective trench
- Castle's perimeter defense
- Castle trench
- Ditch under a lowered drawbridge
- Zoo landscaping feature
- It may replace a fence at the zoo
- Castle circler
- Castle hassle
- Barrier at a zoo
- Castle security system
- Feature in an open-air zoo
- Water-filled trench
- Medieval security system
- Sandcastle feature
- Old means of protection
- Castle's defense
- Medieval attack deterrent
- Zoo sight
- Bygone protection
- Old security device
- Drawbridge site
- Castle's trench
- Castle surrounder
- Medieval security device
- Zoo feature
- Old-time security system
- Zoo trench
- Castle feature
- Water barrier
- Defensive ring
- Castle waterway
- Castle ditch
- Ditch under a drawbridge
- Castle enclosure
- Castle's protective device
- Defensive trench
- Fortification ditch
- Castle wraparound
- Liquid defense
- Middle Ages barrier
- Medieval barrier
- Defense ditch
- Castle's protector
- Castle ring
- Dry Windsor Castle feature
- Water under the bridge?
- Means of defense, once
- Ring of water
- Wall alternative, perhaps
- Medieval invader's obstacle
- Palace protection
- Castle surround
- Zoo construction
- Medieval defense feature
- Defensive ditch
- Trench
- Advanced sandcastle feature
- Castle guard
- Protective ditch
- Gator bowl?
- Castle surroundings
- Zoo feature
- Ditch around a castle
- Zoo barrier
- Zoo's fence alternative
- Castle obstacle
- Castle-circling ditch
- Protective zoo feature
- Feature of some zoos
- Zoo protection
- Defense against a siege
- Fosse
- Castle fortification
- Fortress barrier
- Zoo channel
- Ring around a castle
- Part of a castle's defense
- Middle Ages defense
- Modern zoo barrier
- Castle barrier
- Castle security
- Barrier in a modern zoo
- Drawbridge spot
- Castle's watery defense
- Water hazard of a sort
- Castle wall's neighbor
- Asset in a castle siege
- Rampart protector
- Drawbridge locale
- Pest control device in bonsai
- Water around a castle
- Croc's home, maybe
- Animal park barrier
- Feature of the Tokyo Imperial Palace
- Feature of a modern zoo
- Certain siege defense
- It's water under the bridge
- Medieval fortification
- It surrounded the Wicked Witch's home
- What a drawbridge might cover
- Certain barrier to entry
- A drawbridge may span it
- Defense that may be all wet
- Watery fortification
- Safety feature for zoo visitors
- Home to a zoo crocodile, perhaps
- Onetime Tower of London surrounder
- Castle's water protection
- Water with no endpoint
- Keep guard
- Castle's ditch
- Defense for a castle
- Waterway around a castle
- Castle's watery surrounding
- Splitting the atom in a ditch
- Medieval protection
- Castle's waterway
- Protective waterway around a castle
- Ditch surrounding a castle
- Ditch used as a defence
- A defensive all-rounder
- Water crossed via a drawbridge
- It should contain enough water to go round
- Water-filled ditch around stronghold
- All-round defence in depth?
- Trench around castle
- Trench around building
- Water round a castle
- Barrier to entry?
- Means of protection against invasion
- Battering-ram countermeasure
- Water under the bridge?
- Castle water barrier
- Castle's defensive ditch
- Trench around fortifications
- Last ditch defence?
- Flightless bird caught finally in ditch
- Defensive ditch that goes around the Tower of London
- Defence measure
- Water-filled trench surrounding a castle
- Watery defense, perhaps
- Water around a 45 Down
- Ditch filled with water
- Castle's circler
- One has ditchwater? There's nothing that's dull about it!
- A drawbridge might span one
- Feature of Japan's Matsumoto Castle
- Castle's watery surroundings
- Zoo barrier, perhaps
- Castle's watery ring
- Castle or zoo barrier
- A drawbridge's waterway
- A drawbridge may cross one
- Defence feature
- Protective excavation
- Ring around a fortress
- Castle-storming hurdle
- Former Tower of London protector
- Ring of water around a castle
- Zoo ditch
- Wicked Witch of the West protector
- Protective channel
- Water barrier at a zoo
- Feature of Tokyo's Imperial Palace
- Circle of water
- A drawbridge might cross one
- Fortress defense
- There's something dry about the Tower of London
- Medieval castle's liquid asset
- Means of defense that doesn't actually have alligators
- What a drawbridge may bridge
- Ditch
- What my castle's drawbridge covers
- The castle's crocodiles may be in it
- Castle security trench
- What a drawbridge crosses
- Water surrounding a castle
- Bad place to swim near a castle
- Protector with a drawbridge over it
- Guard seen around a castle
- The castle's crocodiles live here
- Aquatic protection
- What surrounds a castle
- Water repellent?
- Barrier in certain zoo enclosures
- What a drawbridge may cross
- Water-filled ditch around a castle
- A castle's drawbridge may cover it
- Medieval castle's defense
- Defense from some attackers
- Watery defense
- Watery castle defense
- Defensive excavation
- Ditch of defense
- Obstacle for a would-be castle attacker
Last Seen In
- New Zealand Herald - December 16, 2025
- Daily American - December 01, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - November 23, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - October 12, 2025
- Daily American - October 08, 2025
- New York Times - September 22, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 19, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - July 19, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 14, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 12, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 30, 2025
- New York Times - May 13, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 20, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 26, 2025
- Daily American - March 25, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 16, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 14, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - March 09, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - March 04, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - February 22, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 14, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - January 28, 2025
- Mirror Daily - January 03, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 02, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 27, 2024
- Mirror Daily - December 17, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 11, 2024
- Daily American - December 09, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - November 23, 2024
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