Branch offshoot

The answer

TWIG

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

Used 14 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for TWIG

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

• Tiny branch - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Bit of kindling - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
• Small branch - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• Little branch - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Small stick - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Branch branch - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Tiny tree branch - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Branchlet - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Nest component - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• Shoot - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Small shoot. - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• Branch - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Piece of kindling - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Small tree branch - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Nest piece - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Religious offshoot - SECT, used 147 times
• Branch of Islam - SHIA, used 122 times
• Branch - LIMB, used 70 times
• Math branch - TRIG, used 39 times
• Mil. branch - USAF, used 28 times
• Offshoot group - SECT, used 23 times

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