Bit of holly
The crossword clue "Bit of holly" is answered by SPRIG, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1973. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SPRIG
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SPRIG answer page.
Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1973. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SPRIG
Every other clue in this collection answered by SPRIG, most used first.
- Parsley piece - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- Bit of parsley - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Parsley unit - used 45 times, most recently in 2025
- Shoot - used 18 times, most recently in 2019
- Piece of parsley - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- Small shoot - used 16 times, most recently in 2021
- Parsley serving - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
- Small branch - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
- Thyme piece - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Bit of mistletoe - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Parsley portion - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Parsley bit - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
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.
- Burn a bit - SINGE, used 80 times
- Bit of gossip - RUMOR, used 56 times
- Champing at the bit - EAGER, used 48 times
- Bit of tomfoolery - ANTIC, used 35 times
- Bit of high jinks - ANTIC, used 34 times
- Bit of color - TINGE, used 32 times
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