Needle dropper
The crossword clue "Needle dropper" is answered by PINE, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1999. 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
PINE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PINE answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 6 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.
Other clues for PINE
Every other clue in this collection answered by PINE, most used first.
- Yearn - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
- Tree with cones - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
- Evergreen tree - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Long - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
- Freshener scent - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Air freshener scent - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Evergreen - used 24 times, most recently in 2023
- Languish - used 24 times, most recently in 2019
- Cone-bearing tree - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
- Yearn (for) - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Tree with needles - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Knotty wood - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Cleanser scent - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Turpentine source - used 14 times, most recently in 2014
- Loblolly - used 13 times, most recently in 1999
- Car freshener scent - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Symbol of Maine. - used 12 times, most recently in 2018
- Needle source - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Christmas tree, often - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Cleaner scent - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Conifer - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Construction wood - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
- Long (for) - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Needle bearer - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Tree - used 9 times, most recently in 1996
- Christmas candle scent - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Maine tree - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Woodsy scent - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Ache - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Durable wood - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Tar source - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Tree on Maine's flag - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Bench wood - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Cabinet wood - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Fragrant wood - 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.
- Needle case - ETUI, used 240 times
- Uses needle and thread - SEWS, used 36 times
- Needle holder - ETUI, used 31 times
- Needle holes - EYES, used 27 times
- Uses a needle - SEWS, used 26 times
- Decorative needle case - ETUI, used 17 times
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