Chin cover

The answer

BEARD

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BEARD answer page.

Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1987. It appears in 3 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.

• GOATEE (7 uses in xd)

Other clues for BEARD

Every other clue in this collection answered by BEARD, most used first.

• Facial hair - used 23 times, most recently in 2023
• Part of a Santa costume - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Vandyke, e.g. - used 15 times, most recently in 2016
• Uncle Sam feature - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Facial growth - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Lincoln feature - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Whiskers - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Circus lady's attribute - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Father Time feature - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Goatee, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Goatee, for example - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Cover story - ALIBI, used 97 times
• Slip cover? - DRESS, used 31 times
• Kitchen cover-up - APRON, used 26 times
• Chin indentation - CLEFT, used 25 times
• Cake cover - ICING, used 23 times
• Cook's cover-up - APRON, used 22 times

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