Skirt borders
The crossword clue "Skirt borders" is answered by HEMS, a 4-letter entry. Used 12 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026. 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
HEMS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HEMS answer page.
Used 12 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for HEMS
Every other clue in this collection answered by HEMS, most used first.
- Skirt edges - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Clothes lines - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
- Garment edges - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Does some tailoring - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Bottom lines? - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Skirt bottoms - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Fashion lines - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Garment borders - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Skirt lines - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ and haws - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Dress edges - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Clothing lines - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Borders. - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Edges. - used 7 times, most recently in 1995
- Sewer lines? - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
- Sewn edges - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- They're tailor-made - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Dress lines - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Hesitates - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- __ in (surrounds) - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Shortens a skirt, say - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Short skirt - MINI, used 149 times
- Long skirt - MAXI, used 117 times
- Ballerina's skirt - TUTU, used 102 times
- Ballet skirt - TUTU, used 98 times
- Skirt feature - SLIT, used 82 times
- Calf-length skirt - MIDI, used 75 times
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