Lacking tread
The crossword clue "Lacking tread" is answered by BALD, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BALD
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BALD answer page.
Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for BALD
Every other clue in this collection answered by BALD, most used first.
- Hairless - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Unadorned. - used 31 times, most recently in 2022
- Lacking locks - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Unlocked? - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Undisguised - used 19 times, most recently in 2016
- ___ eagle - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Like worn tires - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Hardly hirsute - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Tread-bare - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Treadless, as tires - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Like Mr. Clean - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- With no hair apparent - used 9 times, most recently in 2010
- Like some eagles - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Minus locks - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
- Dis-tressed - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Glabrous - used 6 times, most recently in 2004
- Like Kojak - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Treadless - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Lacking slack - TAUT, used 126 times
- Lacking color - PALE, used 85 times
- Lacking - SANS, used 78 times
- "Don't Tread ___" - ONME, used 26 times
- Tread - STEP, used 15 times
- Lacking moisture - ARID, used 14 times
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