Hiker's sock-clinger
The crossword clue "Hiker's sock-clinger" is answered by BUR, a 3-letter entry. Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BUR
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BUR answer page.
Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for BUR
Every other clue in this collection answered by BUR, most used first.
- Prickly seedcase - used 18 times, most recently in 2022
- Prickly husk - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
- Prickly seed case - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Chestnut case - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Prickly casing - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
- Sticker - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Prickly seed casing - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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.
- Sock part - TOE, used 175 times
- Tip of a sock - TOE, used 33 times
- Sock end - TOE, used 17 times
- Part of a sock - TOE, used 16 times
- End of a sock - TOE, used 14 times
- Sound of a sock - POW, used 13 times
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