Back-comb hair
The crossword clue "Back-comb hair" is answered by TEASE, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1971. 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
TEASE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TEASE answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for TEASE
Every other clue in this collection answered by TEASE, most used first.
- Make fun of - used 161 times, most recently in 2026
- Poke fun at - used 130 times, most recently in 2026
- Rib - used 122 times, most recently in 2026
- Razz - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
- Needle - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Taunt - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Kid around with - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Josh - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
- Kid - used 33 times, most recently in 2024
- Pester - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Coquette - used 27 times, most recently in 2015
- Pick on - used 26 times, most recently in 2022
- Tantalize - used 24 times, most recently in 2023
- Badger - used 22 times, most recently in 2017
- Mock - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Ride - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Harass - used 19 times, most recently in 2015
- Flirt - used 18 times, most recently in 2021
- Annoy - used 17 times, most recently in 2016
- Bait - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
- Back-comb - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Hector - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Heckle - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Act the coquette - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
- Importune. - used 11 times, most recently in 1983
- Make sport of - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Twit - used 11 times, most recently in 2013
- Vex - used 11 times, most recently in 2005
- Rag - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
- Display poor sportsmanship - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
- Sing "nyah-nyah" to - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
- Backcomb - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Irritate - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Joke around with - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Lead on - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Chaff - used 7 times, most recently in 2005
- Fluff, as hair - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Poke fun - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Bug - used 6 times, most recently in 2004
- Comb, in a way - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Pull one's leg - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Trifle with - used 6 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.
- Lock of hair - TRESS, used 334 times
- Hair-raising - EERIE, used 94 times
- Put back to zero - RESET, used 85 times
- Drive back - REPEL, used 82 times
- Back tooth - MOLAR, used 72 times
- Back biter - MOLAR, used 66 times
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