Tendril
The crossword clue "Tendril" is answered by WISP, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1965. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
WISP
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WISP answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1965. It appears in 4 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.
- STIPULE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for WISP
Every other clue in this collection answered by WISP, most used first.
- Bit of smoke - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Trace of smoke - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Thin strand - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Trace - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Will-o'-the-___ - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
- Smoke trace - used 10 times, most recently in 2009
- Fleeting trace - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
- Handful of straw - used 9 times, most recently in 2009
- Puff of smoke - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Shred. - used 8 times, most recently in 1966
- Thin puff of smoke - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Faint trace - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Filmy piece. - used 7 times, most recently in 1984
- Curl of smoke - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Puff - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Tendril of smoke - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Thin streak - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Thin trail of smoke - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Thin tuft - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
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.
- Tendril. - BINE, used 15 times
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