Tree in the birch family
The crossword clue "Tree in the birch family" is answered by ALDER, a 5-letter entry. Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ALDER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALDER answer page.
Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- HOPHORNBEAM (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ALDER
Every other clue in this collection answered by ALDER, most used first.
- Birch relative - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
- Tree with catkins - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Tree. - used 27 times, most recently in 1996
- Tree of the birch family - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
- Birch family tree - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Birch family member - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Rot-resistant wood - used 17 times, most recently in 2008
- Birch tree - used 15 times, most recently in 2015
- Birch kin - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
- Birch's kin - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Catkin-bearing tree - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
- Birch's cousin - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Cabinet wood - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
- Birch tree relative - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Northern tree - used 7 times, most recently in 1984
- Electric guitar wood - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Hardwood tree - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- "Red" tree - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
Related clues
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- In the lead - AHEAD, used 166 times
- Of the kidneys - RENAL, used 166 times
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