Tail end
The crossword clue "Tail end" is answered by REAR, a 4-letter entry. Used 43 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1982. It appears in 15 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
REAR
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the REAR answer page.
Used 43 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1982. It appears in 15 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.
- STINGER (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for REAR
Every other clue in this collection answered by REAR, most used first.
- Bring up - used 387 times, most recently in 2026
- Caboose - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
- Stern - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Back end - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Hindmost - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Hitchcock's "___ Window" - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
- Caboose's place - used 34 times, most recently in 2024
- Nurture - used 31 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.
- Toy with a tail - KITE, used 87 times
- Hammer end - PEEN, used 79 times
- Rabbit's tail - SCUT, used 61 times
- End in ___ - ATIE, used 40 times
- End in ___ (require overtime) - ATIE, used 37 times
- At an end - OVER, used 35 times
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