Clues for the word "BEAD"
We've had 151 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 399 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Your Life Choices crossword on January 01, 2026.
Definition of bead
- n. - A prayer.
- n. - A little perforated ball, to be strung on a thread, and worn for ornament; or used in a rosary for counting prayers, as by Roman Catholics and Mohammedans, whence the phrases to tell beads, to at one's beads, to bid beads, etc., meaning, to be at prayer.
- n. - Any small globular body
- n. - A bubble in spirits.
- n. - A drop of sweat or other liquid.
- n. - A small knob of metal on a firearm, used for taking aim (whence the expression to draw a bead, for, to take aim).
- n. - A small molding of rounded surface, the section being usually an arc of a circle. It may be continuous, or broken into short embossments.
- n. - A glassy drop of molten flux, as borax or microcosmic salt, used as a solvent and color test for several mineral earths and oxides, as of iron, manganese, etc., before the blowpipe; as, the borax bead; the iron bead, etc.
- v. t. - To ornament with beads or beading.
- v. i. - To form beadlike bubbles.
Referring Clues
- Necklace ornament
- Bit of sweat
- Neckwear piece
- Indian valuable
- Decoration on an Indian moccasin
- Primitive monetary unit
- Drop of sweat
- See 1-Across
- Rosary component
- Moccasin adornment
- Sweat drop
- Bit of condensation
- Globule
- Wampum bit
- Bit of perspiration
- Abacus piece
- Sweat unit
- Bracelet bit
- Get a ___ on (aim carefully)
- Necklace ball
- Necklace unit, perhaps
- Perspiration particle
- Necklace piece, perhaps
- Wampum piece
- Moccasin decoration
- Piece of wampum
- Rifle sight
- Tiny globe
- Rosary piece
- It may be drawn on a target
- Necklace part
- Wampum unit
- Necklace item
- Necklace unit
- Perspiration unit
- Form droplets
- It's drawn with a rifle?
- Droplet
- Abacus component
- Abacus feature
- Rosary part
- Bit of wampum, perhaps
- It's drawn with an eye
- Bit of wampum
- Strung item
- Trace of sweat
- Unit of perspiration
- Ornament, in a way
- Mardi Gras accessory bit
- You might sweat it out
- Thing on a string
- It's sometimes drawn?
- Tiny sphere
- Mardi Gras accessory part
- Rosary unit
- Abacus part
- You might draw one on a target
- Drop on a sweater?
- Bauble
- Necklace piece
- Drop on a sweater
- Fake pearl, e.g.
- Bit of a bracelet
- Abacus slider
- Fake or real pearl, often
- Small pierced orb
- You may draw it with a gun
- Abacus bit
- Dewdrop
- Prayer accessory
- Prayer accessory
- One being strung along?
- 45-Down component
- Sweat bit
- Drop of moisture
- Rosary segment
- Aiming aid
- Ball on a necklace
- Moisture unit on your forehead
- Necklace spheroid
- Necklace part, often
- Necklace globule
- Droplet of perspiration
- Item on a Native American moccasin
- Necklace sphere
- Item for stringing
- Part of a necklace
- Part of a necklace, maybe
- Necklace
- Thing on a necklace string
- Bit of a necklace
- Necklace component
- Item on a string
- Bit of nervous sweat
- Drop of moisture round bearing is not good
- Pretty little thing in a bed, maybe
- Pretty little thing making a bed
- It's decorative and carefully drawn
- It's pretty carefully drawn
- Glass ball
- Small ornamental strung ball
- Drop out of sight
- Drop right out of the money
- Abacus unit
- Sweat droplet
- Form globules
- Venerable old monk said part of the rosary
- Slider on an abacus
- Craft shop item
- Mardi Gras necklace part
- Droplet of sweat
- Small plastic item on a necklace
- Necklace pellet
- In bed, a pretty little thing
- Rosary feature
- Threadable bauble
- Pretty little thing carefully drawn
- Spot on a sweater?
- Abacus clacker
- Rosary bit
- Rosary ___
- Wampum item
- Being decorative, is carefully drawn
- Part of a rosary
- Craft bracelet item
- Form moisture, in a way
- Rosary sphere
- Piece in some Native regalia
- It's pretty accurately drawn
- Part of a certain necklace
- Sweat it
- Friendship bracelet bit
- Item strung on a necklace
- Make some earrings, perhaps
- Bracelet ball
- Bit of hair decoration
- Decoration on a moccasin or purse
- Fulani braid decoration
- Japamala part
- Necklace bit
- Huichol bracelet bit
- Part of many a friendship bracelet
- Jewelry bit
- Strung-out sort?
- Friendship bracelet piece
- Friendship bracelet component
- Arts and crafts bit
- BFF bracelet bit
- Necklace or anklet bit
- Craft store item
- Bit in a friendship bracelet
Last Seen In
- Your Life Choices - January 01, 2026
- Daily American - December 24, 2025
- Your Life Choices - December 17, 2025
- New York Times - December 10, 2025
- New York Times - December 02, 2025
- Daily American - November 24, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - November 17, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 16, 2025
- New York Times - September 24, 2025
- New York Times - September 23, 2025
- Your Life Choices - September 03, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 30, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 25, 2025
- Daily American - August 04, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 28, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 26, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - July 13, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - May 09, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 08, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - April 08, 2025
- Daily American - April 06, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 20, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - March 15, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - March 03, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 23, 2025
- USA Today - February 07, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 20, 2025
- Daily American - January 04, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - December 24, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - December 15, 2024
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