Small tree branch

The answer

TWIG

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

Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 4 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
• 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
• 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
• 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.

• Small bills - ONES, used 324 times
• Small songbird - WREN, used 265 times
• Small whirlpool - EDDY, used 139 times
• Small combo - TRIO, used 137 times
• Small salamander - NEWT, used 126 times
• Tree trunk - BOLE, used 125 times

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