Bathroom floor covering
Latest answer — August 23, 2026
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Clue explained
TILE is a common bathroom floor covering, installed in individual hard pieces made from materials such as ceramic or stone. The singular noun fits the singular wording of the clue.
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- 3. Bathroom floor covering — Answer: TILE. Hint: A durable, water-friendly surface commonly lines this room. 🚿
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The answer to “Bathroom floor covering” in the USA Today Quick Cross crossword is TILE — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the USA Today Quick Cross crossword on August 23, 2026 at 3-Down. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.
“Bathroom floor covering” answer
TILE (4 letters)
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What does TILE mean?
Reading the plain dictionary sense of TILE is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.
(noun)
- a thin rectangular slab of baked clay or other material, used in overlapping rows for covering roofs
When else has “Bathroom floor covering” appeared?
USA Today Quick Cross reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.
August 23, 2026 (most recent) → TILE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.
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What is the answer to “Bathroom floor covering”?
The answer is TILE, a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the USA Today Quick Cross crossword on August 23, 2026.
How many letters is the answer to “Bathroom floor covering”?
4 letters: TILE.
When did this clue appear?
Most recently in the USA Today Quick Cross crossword on August 23, 2026, at 3-Down.
Can “Bathroom floor covering” have a different answer?
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