Cap with a pompom

The answer

TAM

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TAM answer page.

Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for TAM

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

• Scottish cap - used 98 times, most recently in 2026
• Highland hat - used 89 times, most recently in 2026
• Scot's cap - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Skye cap - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Flat hat - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Scot's topper - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
• ___-o'-shanter - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Cap - used 23 times, most recently in 2019
• Highlands hat - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Scottish hat - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Woolen cap - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Headgear. - used 17 times, most recently in 2001
• Cap with a pompon - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
• Highland cap - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Highland headgear - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
• Highlander's hat - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
• Flat Scottish cap - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Scottish topper - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
• Flat cap - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Floppy topper - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Highland headwear - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Highland topper - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Scot's hat - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Tartan topper - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Beret - used 8 times, most recently in 1997
• Highlands headgear - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Kiltie's cap - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Scotsman's cap - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Tartan cap - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Beret relative - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Beret's cousin - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Headwear - used 7 times, most recently in 1976
• Lid for a laddie - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Scottish headwear - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Aberdeen topper - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Cap worn with a kilt - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Highlands cap - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• ___-o'shanter - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Scot's chapeau - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Scottish beret - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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.

• With it - HIP, used 149 times
• Prefix with center - EPI, used 134 times
• Work with - USE, used 117 times
• Prefix with natal - NEO, used 100 times
• Go out with - SEE, used 98 times
• Barely manage, with "out" - EKE, used 90 times

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