The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SEED which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2021.
Germ crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SEED | 63 % | 4 |
| MICROBE | 18 % | 7 |
| SPORE | 16 % | 5 |
| EMBRYO | 2 % | 6 |
| BUD | 2 % | 3 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Germ
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- seed
- microbe
- bug
- source
- sprout
- germination
- germinal
- spore
- microbial
- microorganism
- bacterium
- bacterial
Crossword Answer definitions
SEED noun- A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant.
- Any small seed-like fruit.
- Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.
- (collective) An amount of seeds that cannot be readily counted.
- A fragment of coral.
- Semen.
- A precursor.
- The initial state, condition or position of a changing, growing or developing process; the ultimate precursor in a defined chain of precursors.
- Offspring, descendants, progeny.
- Race; generation; birth.
- A small bubble formed in imperfectly fused glass.
- To plant or sow an area with seeds.
- To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
- To start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of.
- To allocate a seeding to a competitor.
- To leave (files) available for others to download through peer-to-peer file sharing protocols (e.g. BitTorrent).
- To be qualified to compete, especially in a quarter-final, semi-final or final.
- To produce seed.
- To grow to maturity.
- To ejaculate inside the penetratee during intercourse, especially in the rectum.
- (stative) To perceive or detect with the eyes, or as if by sight.
- To form a mental picture of.
- (social) To meet, to visit.
- To be the setting or time of.
- (by extension) To ensure that something happens, especially while witnessing it.
- To wait upon; attend, escort.
- To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value.
- To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if or whether).
- (used in the imperative) To reference or to study for further details.
- To examine something closely, or to utilize something, often as a temporary alternative.
- To include as one of something's experiences.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result SEED
- Kind of pearl
- Pet-shop vittles
- Plant
- Sow
- Tourney rank
- Growing need
- It's for the birds
- It's scattered in spring
- Parakeets' eats
- Peach pit
More clues leading to the result MICROBE
- Germ
- It can be dropped or rocked (or ... a germ)
- Tiny organism
- Streptococcus or staphylococcus
- Bio lab organism
- Minuscule life form
- Disease cause
- Germ.
- Laboratory phenomenon.
- A bacterium.
More clues leading to the result SPORE
- Fungus cell
- Puffball particle
- Future fern
- Mushroom, in infancy
- Protoplast
- Germ seed
- Fern's seed
- Fern starter
- Fern seed
- Cell from a fern
More clues leading to the result EMBRYO
- Sonogram sight
- Stage after zygote
- Undeveloped state
- Project still in development, say
- Beginning stage
- Soon-to-be fetus
- Early stage
- Womb occupant
- Life, in the early days
- Baby of the future