Evergreens

The answer

PINES

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PINES answer page.

Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 4 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.

• YEWS (54 uses in xd)
• FIRS (42 uses in xd)
• CEDARS (3 uses in xd)
• BALSAMS (2 uses in xd)
• FIRTREES (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for PINES

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

• Yearns - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Trees with cones - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Evergreen trees - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Trees with needles - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Longs (for) - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Fragrant trees - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Loblollies - used 7 times, most recently in 1993
• Needle bearers - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Some evergreens - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Yearns (for) - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Cone bearers - used 6 times, most recently in 2022

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.

• Danger - PERIL, used 242 times
• Sacred song - PSALM, used 199 times
• Blender setting - PUREE, used 169 times
• Tubular pasta - PENNE, used 161 times
• Intrinsically - PERSE, used 142 times
• Jeopardy - PERIL, used 137 times

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