French hat
The crossword clue "French hat" is answered by BERET, a 5-letter entry. Used 19 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1990. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BERET
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BERET answer page.
Used 19 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1990. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for BERET
Every other clue in this collection answered by BERET, most used first.
- French cap - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Flat hat - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Special Forces cap - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Artist's cap - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Floppy cap - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Floppy top - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Jaunty chapeau - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Visorless cap - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Cap - used 14 times, most recently in 1996
- Tours topper - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Brimless cap - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Basque cap - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Soft cap - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Flat French hat - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- French topper - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
- Military cap - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Special Forces topper - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Artist's topper - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
- Special Forces hat - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Brimless hat - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Flat top - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Special Forces headgear - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Tete topper - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
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.
- French farewell - ADIEU, used 228 times
- French school - ECOLE, used 122 times
- Old hat - PASSE, used 100 times
- Chef's hat - TOQUE, used 58 times
- French clerics - ABBES, used 56 times
- French income - RENTE, used 56 times
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