Hair twist
The crossword clue "Hair twist" is answered by BRAID, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BRAID
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BRAID answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for BRAID
Every other clue in this collection answered by BRAID, most used first.
- Queue - used 15 times, most recently in 2016
- Plait - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Pigtail - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
- Make pigtails - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Pigtail, e.g. - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Interweave - used 9 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.
- Lock of hair - TRESS, used 334 times
- Hair-raising - EERIE, used 94 times
- Literary twist - IRONY, used 58 times
- Hair net - SNOOD, used 55 times
- "___ of robins in her hair" - ANEST, used 32 times
- Tango or twist - DANCE, used 32 times
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