Head covering
The crossword clue "Head covering" is answered by SCARF, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2006; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SCARF
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SCARF answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2006; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for SCARF
Every other clue in this collection answered by SCARF, most used first.
- Muffler - used 49 times, most recently in 2025
- Neck wrap - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
- Winter neckwear - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Neck warmer - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Winter wear - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Muffler's kin - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Babushka - used 13 times, most recently in 2008
- Winter accessory - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Boa - used 12 times, most recently in 2006
- Winter wrap - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Wolf (down) - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Ascot - used 10 times, most recently in 1996
- Snowman accessory - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Winter warmer - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Gobble (down) - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Nape drape - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
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.
- Monastery head - ABBOT, used 133 times
- Head lock - TRESS, used 71 times
- Seed covering - TESTA, used 54 times
- Head out - LEAVE, used 51 times
- Head off - AVERT, used 41 times
- Window covering - DRAPE, used 38 times
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