Sprout.
The crossword clue "Sprout." is answered by BUD, a 3-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1946. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BUD
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BUD answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1946. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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- GERMINATE (4 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
- Sign of spring - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Bloom-to-be - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
- 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
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