Sign of spring

The answer

BUD

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BUD answer page.

Used 12 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 6 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.

• ARIES (99 uses in xd)
• THAW (24 uses in xd)
• ROBIN (13 uses in xd)
• TAURUS (11 uses in xd)
• GEMINI (9 uses in xd)

Other clues for BUD

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

• Future flower - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• Pal - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Flower-to-be - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Blossom-to-be - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Chum - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Unopened flower - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Baby bloomer - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Bloom-to-be - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• Sprout. - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Flower starter - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Mac - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Unopened blossom - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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.

• Zodiac sign - LEO, used 168 times
• Sign of summer - LEO, used 145 times
• Spring mo. - APR, used 143 times
• Summer sign - LEO, used 132 times
• Sign before Virgo - LEO, used 102 times
• Mineral spring - SPA, used 84 times

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