Fad
The crossword clue "Fad" is answered by TREND, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1995. 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
TREND
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TREND answer page.
Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 5 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.
- PASSINGFANCY (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for TREND
Every other clue in this collection answered by TREND, most used first.
- Pollster's find - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Current fashion - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Drift - used 38 times, most recently in 2015
- Vogue - used 33 times, most recently in 2016
- The way things are going - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Tendency - used 27 times, most recently in 2021
- General direction - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
- Pollster's discovery - used 19 times, most recently in 2021
- General tendency - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Current style - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Leaning - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Fashion - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- General drift - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Inclination - used 10 times, most recently in 2007
- Prevailing tendency - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Market direction - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Direction - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
- Latest fashion - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- General course - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Movement - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
- Poll revelation - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
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.
- Fad - CRAZE, used 46 times
- 1990s fitness fad - TAEBO, used 12 times
- Fad - MANIA, used 12 times
- Major fad - MANIA, used 7 times
- 1990s exercise fad - TAEBO, used 6 times
- Diet fad - PALEO, used 6 times
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