Back-combs
The crossword clue "Back-combs" is answered by TEASES, a 6-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1991. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TEASES
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TEASES answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1991. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for TEASES
Every other clue in this collection answered by TEASES, most used first.
- Makes fun of - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Ribs - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Pokes fun at - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Kids - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
- Needles - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
- Tantalizes - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Pesters - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
- Taunts - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Annoys - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
- Razzes - used 6 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.
- Talks back to - SASSES, used 58 times
- Go back on a promise - RENEGE, used 46 times
- Take back - RECANT, used 35 times
- Get back - RECOUP, used 32 times
- Go back (on) - RENEGE, used 31 times
- Talks back - SASSES, used 31 times
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