Spreading trees
The crossword clue "Spreading trees" is answered by ELMS, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 2002. 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
ELMS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ELMS answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ELMS
Every other clue in this collection answered by ELMS, most used first.
- Shade trees - used 266 times, most recently in 2026
- Stately trees - used 101 times, most recently in 2026
- "Desire Under the ___" - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
- Avenue liners - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Trees. - used 39 times, most recently in 1996
- National Mall trees - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Shade providers - used 35 times, most recently in 2023
- "Slippery" trees - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- Stately shade trees - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Shade sources - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Tall shade trees - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Shady trees - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Stately shaders - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
- Classic street liners - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Shady bunch - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
- Trees in an O'Neill title - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
- Hardwood trees - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Street shaders - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
- O'Neill's "Desire Under the ___" - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
- Colonnade trees - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Shady group? - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Some shade trees - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Street-lining trees - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Boulevard liners - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- "Desire Under the ___" (Eugene O'Neill play) - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- End of an O'Neill title - used 8 times, most recently in 2002
- Shady giants - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Some are slippery - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
- Sources of shade - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Hardwood sources - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Majestic trees - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- O'Neill title trees - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- O'Neill trees - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Some street liners - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
- Street liners - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
- Trees with split-resistant wood - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- Rubber trees - ULES, used 51 times
- Sturdy trees - OAKS, used 41 times
- Mighty trees - OAKS, used 37 times
- Evergreen trees - YEWS, used 32 times
- Some Christmas trees - FIRS, used 28 times
- Many Christmas trees - FIRS, used 25 times
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