Shade trees
The crossword clue "Shade trees" is answered by ELMS, a 4-letter entry. Used 266 times across 54 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 25 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ELMS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ELMS answer page.
Used 266 times across 54 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 25 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.
- LINDENS (3 uses in xd)
- LINS (3 uses in xd)
- MAPLES (3 uses in xd)
- BEECHES (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for ELMS
Every other clue in this collection answered by ELMS, most used first.
- Stately trees - used 101 times, most recently in 2026
- "Desire Under the ___" - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
- Avenue liners - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Trees. - used 39 times, most recently in 1996
- National Mall trees - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Shade providers - used 35 times, most recently in 2023
- "Slippery" trees - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- Stately shade trees - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Shade - TINT, used 102 times
- Shade of green - NILE, used 90 times
- Neutral shade - ECRU, used 78 times
- Shade of blue - TEAL, used 54 times
- Stocking shade - ECRU, used 52 times
- Hosiery shade - ECRU, used 51 times
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