Shoot
The crossword clue "Shoot" is answered by TWIG, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TWIG
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TWIG answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 3 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.
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
- Branch offshoot - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
- 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
- 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.
- Shoot the breeze - CHAT, used 73 times
- "Shoot!" - DRAT, used 39 times
- "Shoot!" - DANG, used 33 times
- "Shoot!" - DARN, used 30 times
- Plant shoot - CION, used 24 times
- Prepares to shoot - AIMS, used 18 times
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