It may be slippery

The answer

ELM

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

Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 5 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.

• SLOPE (8 uses in xd)

Other clues for ELM

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

• Shade tree - used 437 times, most recently in 2026
• Stately tree - used 148 times, most recently in 2026
• "A Nightmare on ___ Street" - used 103 times, most recently in 2026
• Shade provider - used 97 times, most recently in 2026
• Common street name - used 85 times, most recently in 2025
• Shade source - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• "Slippery" tree - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• Tree. - used 66 times, most recently in 2014
• Slippery ___ - used 60 times, most recently in 2019
• Freddy Krueger's street - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• "Nightmare" street - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Popular street name - used 39 times, most recently in 2022
• Avenue tree - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Massachusetts state tree - used 32 times, most recently in 2024
• Dutch ___ disease - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Spreading tree - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Stately shade tree - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Street shader - used 23 times, most recently in 2023
• Freddy's street - used 21 times, most recently in 2015
• Shady tree - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Blight victim - used 20 times, most recently in 2022
• Nightmarish street - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
• Furniture wood - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Nightmare street of film - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• State tree of Massachusetts - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Horror film street - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• National Mall tree - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Boston's Liberty Tree, e.g. - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Colonnade tree - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Deciduous tree - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
• Large shade tree - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Lawn tree - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Sturdy tree - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Dartboard wood - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
• Shade-providing tree - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Shade maker - used 12 times, most recently in 2018
• Source of shade - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Tree with serrated leaves - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• American ___ - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Graceful tree - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Street of nightmares - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• West ___ (upscale furniture store) - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Massachusetts' state tree - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Shade giver - used 9 times, most recently in 2004
• Stately shader - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Wych __ - used 9 times, most recently in 2006
• Hard wood - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Horror movie street - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• State tree of North Dakota - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Tall tree - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Boston's Liberty Tree, for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Common shade tree - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Hardwood - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Hardwood tree - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Nightmarish street of film - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Scary Hollywood street - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Street in "Freddy vs. Jason" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Street name in some Wes Craven horror films - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Street often near Maple - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Tree with a "slippery" variety - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Tree with "helicopter" seeds - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Tree with samaras - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Barrel material - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Common tree - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Good name for a tree-lined street - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• "Nightmare on ___ Street" - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• North Dakota's state tree - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Street of horror films - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Timber tree - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Tree type - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• May honoree - MOM, used 152 times
• Slippery fish - EEL, used 83 times
• Slippery swimmer - EEL, used 81 times
• Slippery one - EEL, used 72 times
• "May I help you?" - YES, used 63 times
• It may be inflated - EGO, used 26 times

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