Blackthorn berry

The answer

SLOE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SLOE answer page.

Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SLOE

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

• ___ gin fizz - used 369 times, most recently in 2026
• Gin flavoring - used 162 times, most recently in 2026
• Blackthorn - used 158 times, most recently in 2025
• Wild plum - used 151 times, most recently in 2026
• Blackthorn fruit - used 122 times, most recently in 2026
• Plumlike fruit - used 111 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ gin - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Tart fruit - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• ___-eyed - used 38 times, most recently in 2019
• Kind of gin - used 34 times, most recently in 2012
• Gin flavor - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• Gin-flavoring fruit - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Gin flavorer - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Fruit of the blackthorn - used 21 times, most recently in 2013
• Sour fruit - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Fruit used to flavor gin - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Gin fruit - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Plum. - used 15 times, most recently in 1973
• Type of gin - used 14 times, most recently in 2015
• Astringent fruit - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
• Fizz flavoring - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
• Gin fizz flavoring - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Gin fizz fruit - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Tart plum - used 11 times, most recently in 2013
• Gin fizz flavor - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Liqueur flavoring - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Plum cousin - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Plum kin - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Plum relative - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Fruit for flavoring gin - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Liqueur flavor - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Purple fruit - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Blackthorn plum - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• ___ gin fizz (cocktail) - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Dark purple fruit - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Dark-skinned fruit - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Purplish fruit - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Sour plum - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Blackthorn's fruit - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• ___ gin fizz (bar order) - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Gin type - used 6 times, most recently in 2009

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• Trendy berry - ACAI, used 58 times
• Purple berry - ACAI, used 54 times
• Brazilian berry - ACAI, used 49 times

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