Tire pattern
The crossword clue "Tire pattern" is answered by TREAD, a 5-letter entry. Used 89 times across 33 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 19 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
TREAD
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TREAD answer page.
Used 89 times across 33 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 19 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for TREAD
Every other clue in this collection answered by TREAD, most used first.
- Tire feature - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Step - used 26 times, most recently in 2020
- Stair part - used 23 times, most recently in 2016
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.
- Kilt pattern - PLAID, used 51 times
- Tire in the trunk - SPARE, used 45 times
- Tartan pattern - PLAID, used 40 times
- Extra tire - SPARE, used 27 times
- Marble cake pattern - SWIRL, used 22 times
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