"Tie a Yellow Ribbon ... " tree

The answer

OAK

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

Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Common deciduous tree - used 17 times, most recently in 2022
• 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
• 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
• Tie the knot - WED, used 181 times
• Stately tree - ELM, used 148 times
• Tree fluid - SAP, used 92 times
• Hardwood tree - ASH, used 90 times
• Tolkien tree creature - ENT, used 89 times

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