Common deciduous tree

The answer

OAK

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OAK answer page.

Used 17 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1982. It appears in 7 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.

• ELM (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for OAK

Every other clue in this collection answered by OAK, most used first.

• Sturdy tree - used 90 times, most recently in 2026
• Furniture wood - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• Acorn producer - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Symbol of strength - used 54 times, most recently in 2022
• Mighty tree - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Tree with acorns - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Erstwhile acorn - used 34 times, most recently in 2015
• Acorn source - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Durable wood - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Wine barrel wood - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Hard wood - used 22 times, most recently in 2022
• Symbol of sturdiness - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
• Whiskey barrel wood - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Barrel wood - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Desk wood - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
• Sturdy wood - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Symbol of might - used 18 times, most recently in 2019
• Country music's ___ Ridge Boys - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Iowa's state tree - used 17 times, most recently in 2020
• Acorn dropper - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Bourbon barrel wood - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Poison ___ - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Acorn bearer - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Cask material - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• "Tie a Yellow Ribbon ... " tree - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Acorn tree - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Flooring material - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Flooring wood - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Hardwood - used 12 times, most recently in 2013
• Wine cask wood - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Acorn, eventually - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Former acorn - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Winery wood - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Wood. - used 11 times, most recently in 1969
• Acorn's destiny - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Bourbon barrel material - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Grown-up acorn - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Source of acorns - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Acorn maker - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Adult acorn - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Hardwood tree - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Sturdy furniture wood - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Tree that produces acorns - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Acorn-producing tree - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Acorn's tree - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Barrel material - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Cask wood - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ leaf cluster - used 7 times, most recently in 1999
• __ Ridge Boys - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
• Solid wood - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Tree that grows from an acorn - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Wine barrel material - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Acorn-bearing tree - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• America's national tree - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Bucket material - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Cork source - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• Dresser wood - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Exemplar of might - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• __ Ridge, TN - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Sturdy furniture material - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Tree - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Tree that starts as an acorn - 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.

• Shade tree - ELM, used 437 times
• Common verb - ARE, used 198 times
• Stately tree - ELM, used 148 times
• Common article - THE, used 99 times
• Tree fluid - SAP, used 92 times
• Hardwood tree - ASH, used 90 times

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