Trait carriers
The crossword clue "Trait carriers" is answered by GENES, a 5-letter entry. Used 56 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 17 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
GENES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GENES answer page.
Used 56 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 17 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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