Braid
The crossword clue "Braid" is answered by TRESS, a 5-letter entry. Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TRESS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TRESS answer page.
Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 7 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.
- PIGTAIL (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for TRESS
Every other clue in this collection answered by TRESS, most used first.
- Lock of hair - used 334 times, most recently in 2026
- Lock - used 203 times, most recently in 2026
- Head lock - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
- Long lock - used 56 times, most recently in 2025
- Ringlet - used 40 times, most recently in 2023
- Hair piece - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
- Long lock of hair - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Rapunzel feature - used 20 times, most recently in 2019
- Bit of hair - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Curl. - used 15 times, most recently in 2016
- Hank of hair - used 14 times, most recently in 2013
- Hairdresser's handful - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Hair lock - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Part of a chignon - used 9 times, most recently in 2006
- Bit of salon litter - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Braid of hair - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Lock with no key? - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Plait of hair - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Ringlet of hair - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
- Hair unit - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Lock in a salon - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Lover's keepsake, perhaps - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
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.
- Braid - PLAIT, used 92 times
- Braid of hair - PLAIT, used 30 times
- Hair braid - PLAIT, used 20 times
- Gold braid - ORRIS, used 7 times
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