Refrain word
The crossword clue "Refrain word" is answered by TRA, a 3-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1965. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TRA
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TRA answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1965. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- NONNY (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for TRA
Every other clue in this collection answered by TRA, most used first.
- ___-la-la - used 323 times, most recently in 2026
- La-la lead-in - used 225 times, most recently in 2026
- Refrain syllable - used 180 times, most recently in 2026
- Singing syllable - used 120 times, most recently in 2024
- Musical syllable - used 96 times, most recently in 2019
- Song syllable - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
- Singer's syllable - used 57 times, most recently in 2025
- Singsong syllable - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- ___-la-la (singing syllables) - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- La-la preceder - used 31 times, most recently in 2023
- Chorus syllable - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
- ___-la - used 26 times, most recently in 2017
- Refrain bit - used 23 times, most recently in 2021
- ___-la-la (song syllables) - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Sung syllable - used 22 times, most recently in 2011
- Choral syllable - used 14 times, most recently in 2009
- Ditty syllable - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- La-la intro - used 14 times, most recently in 2014
- Melodic syllable - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Part of a chorus line? - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
- La-la leader - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Lilt syllable - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Singsong sound - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Syllable before "la la" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- La lead-in - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
- Lilting syllable - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Refrain part - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Scatter's syllable - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
- Skipper's syllable - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
- Start of a refrain - used 7 times, most recently in 2004
- Carol syllable - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Caroler's syllable - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
- Ditty bit - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- La-la prelude - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
- La-la starter - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Nonsense song syllable - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Refrain opener - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Refrain snippet - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Sing-along syllable - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
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- Towel word - HIS, used 85 times
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