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TREE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TREE answer page.

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for TREE

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

• Genealogy chart - used 129 times, most recently in 2026
• Corner - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
• Family diagram - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Sloth's home - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• Genealogy diagram - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Grove growth - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Nest setting - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Elm or oak - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Shade provider - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Birch or beech - used 32 times, most recently in 2024
• Leaves home? - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• "A ___ Grows in Brooklyn" - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
• Arbor Day planting - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Genealogical chart - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Oak or elm - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Pine or palm - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Shoe insert - used 26 times, most recently in 2021
• Beech or birch - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Peach or beech - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Elder or alder - used 22 times, most recently in 2015
• Genealogist's diagram - used 22 times, most recently in 2021
• Family ___ - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
• Sloth's hangout - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Maple or mahogany - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Oak or maple - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Shade source - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Squirrel's home - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
• Branch location - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Genealogical diagram - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Ancestry.com diagram - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Arbor Day honoree - used 14 times, most recently in 2015
• Arboretum specimen - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
• Family chart - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Genealogist's chart - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Alder or elder - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Forest unit - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
• Maple or magnolia - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Shoe stretcher - used 13 times, most recently in 2009
• Branch headquarters? - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
• Bring to bay - used 12 times, most recently in 2007
• Certain surgeon's "patient" - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
• Christmas decoration - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Dryad's home - used 12 times, most recently in 1992
• Hammock holder - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
• Mahogany or maple - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Palm, for one - used 12 times, most recently in 2013
• Shoe shaper - used 12 times, most recently in 2013
• Apple or pear - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• "K-i-s-s-i-n-g" place - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
• Kilmer subject - used 11 times, most recently in 2013
• Magnolia. - used 11 times, most recently in 1965
• Nursery purchase - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Source of shade - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
• Arboretum sight - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• Elm or eucalyptus - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Family follower - used 10 times, most recently in 2012
• It has bark but no bite - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Orchard unit - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• Word with family or shoe - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Ancestry diagram - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Arborist's concern - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Family-history diagram - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Family or shoe follower - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
• Genealogist's work - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Joshua __ National Park - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Ring bearer - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Trap, as a raccoon - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Yuletide purchase - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Banyan or baobab - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Christmas ___ - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Christmas purchase - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Family map - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Genealogist's drawing - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Genealogist's sketch - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
• Golfer's obstacle - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Grove unit - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Lumber source - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Palm, e.g. - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Plum or gum - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Poplar or pine - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Sequoia. - used 8 times, most recently in 1964
• Shoe preserver - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Shoe saver - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
• Spruce or sequoia - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Spruce or sycamore - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Arboretum item - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Cherry or chestnut - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• December purchase - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• Deodar. - used 7 times, most recently in 1968
• Eucalyptus. - used 7 times, most recently in 1964
• Family plan? - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Fir or yew - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Genealogical record - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Genealogy display - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Hammock support - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Hierarchical chart - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Kind of surgeon - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Nest location - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Part of a grove - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Sequoia, for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Sequoia or sycamore - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Squirrel's hangout - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Sycamore or sequoia - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Trap, in a way - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Ancestry record - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• Apple or orange - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Apple source - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Arboreal animal's home - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Aspen, for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Birch or banyan - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Elm, for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Elm or fir - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Family lineage diagram - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Forest growth - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Item for some surgeons - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Its bark is silent - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Koala's home - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Larch or laurel - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Leaves' home - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Lemur's hangout - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Locust, for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Maple or elm - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Nest site - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Nursery item - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Peach or pear - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
• Place for a small house - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Shade giver - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Surgeon's "patient" - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Trunk site - used 6 times, most recently in 2009

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