It grows on trees
The crossword clue "It grows on trees" is answered by MOSS, a 4-letter entry. Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2015. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
MOSS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MOSS answer page.
Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2015. It appears in 8 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.
- LEAFAGE (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for MOSS
Every other clue in this collection answered by MOSS, most used first.
- Rolling stone's lack - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Forest growth - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Playwright Hart - used 30 times, most recently in 2023
- Green shade - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Forest floor growth - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Bryophyte - used 18 times, most recently in 1999
- Terrarium growth - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- "A rolling stone gathers no ___" - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Shade of green - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
- Rolling stone's supposed lack - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Rock cover - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Velvety ground cover - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Velvety growth - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Lichen - used 11 times, most recently in 2001
- Tree trunk growth - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Green growth - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Trunk growth - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Rock growth - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Velvety green growth - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Peat source - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Sphagnum, for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Velvety flora - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
- Velvety plant - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
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.
- Shade trees - ELMS, used 266 times
- Stately trees - ELMS, used 101 times
- Grows older - AGES, used 61 times
- Rubber trees - ULES, used 51 times
- Sturdy trees - OAKS, used 41 times
- Trees. - ELMS, used 39 times
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