Out on a limb
The crossword clue "Out on a limb" is answered by TREED, a 5-letter entry. Used 21 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2013. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TREED
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TREED answer page.
Used 21 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2013. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for TREED
Every other clue in this collection answered by TREED, most used first.
- Cornered - used 138 times, most recently in 2026
- In a tough spot - used 17 times, most recently in 2022
- Trapped, in a way - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Cornered, in a way - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Brought to bay - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
- Unable to escape - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Wooded - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Stuck up? - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Trapped on a branch - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
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- Leaves out - OMITS, used 205 times
- Parcel out - ALLOT, used 177 times
- Draw out - EDUCE, used 168 times
- Growing out - ENATE, used 159 times
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