Formal footwear
The crossword clue "Formal footwear" is answered by HEELS, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1996. 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
HEELS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HEELS answer page.
Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 6 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.
- DRESSSHOES (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for HEELS
Every other clue in this collection answered by HEELS, most used first.
- Cads - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Loaf ends - used 16 times, most recently in 2013
- Dressy shoes - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Shoe parts - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Boot parts - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- No-goodniks - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- Cobbler's stock - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Head over ___ - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- "High" parts of shoes - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Loaf or loafer parts - 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.
- Formal decree - EDICT, used 24 times
- Formal agreements - PACTS, used 21 times
- Formal ceremonies - RITES, used 21 times
- Footwear - SHOES, used 20 times
- Formal pronouncements - DICTA, used 15 times
- Formal decrees - DICTA, used 14 times
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