Make pigtails
The crossword clue "Make pigtails" is answered by PLAIT, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1965. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PLAIT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PLAIT answer page.
Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1965. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for PLAIT
Every other clue in this collection answered by PLAIT, most used first.
- Braid - used 92 times, most recently in 2026
- Braid of hair - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
- Pigtail - used 22 times, most recently in 2020
- Hair braid - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
- Cornrow, e.g. - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Interweave - used 9 times, most recently in 2011
- Make cornrows - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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- Make up (for) - ATONE, used 192 times
- Make fun of - TEASE, used 161 times
- Make sense - ADDUP, used 137 times
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