Partridge's tree

The answer

PEAR

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PEAR answer page.

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for PEAR

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

• Juicy fruit - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Bosc or Bartlett - used 51 times, most recently in 2024
• Bartlett or Bosc - used 43 times, most recently in 2025
• Fruit. - used 32 times, most recently in 1999
• Bosc or Anjou - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Dessert fruit - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Bartlett, for one - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Fruit cocktail fruit - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Still-life fruit - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Bottom-heavy fruit - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Orchard fruit - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• Bosc, for one - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Bartlett. - used 19 times, most recently in 1997
• Nectar flavor - used 18 times, most recently in 2022
• Nectar source - used 18 times, most recently in 2022
• Bosc - used 17 times, most recently in 2005
• Anjou or Bosc - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Brandy flavor - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Fruit tree - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• Anjou, e.g. - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
• Anjou, for one - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Lute-shaped fruit - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Prickly ___ - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Brandy fruit - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Diamond shape - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Fleshy fruit - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Bartlett, e.g. - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Compote fruit - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Bosc, e.g. - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Orchard item - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Seckel. - used 8 times, most recently in 1997
• Alligator ___. - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• Alligator ___ (avocado) - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Lute shape - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Still-life subject - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Anjou or Bartlett - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Fall fruit - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Fruit basket item - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Tree trunk - BOLE, used 125 times
• Sandarac tree. - ARAR, used 98 times
• Tree house - NEST, used 81 times
• Tolkien tree creatures - ENTS, used 71 times
• Tropical tree - PALM, used 64 times
• Salt tree - ATLE, used 60 times

Search the clue collection

Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.