The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word FOODCHAIN which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.
Hierarchical system … or what is formed when the answers to the starred clues are placed end to end crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FOODCHAIN | 100 % | 9 |
Why may FOODCHAIN be the right solution?
The answers to the starred clues are types of animals that are arranged in a specific order based on who eats whom, which is known as a food chain. When these answers are placed end to end, they form the word "FOODCHAIN," which also describes the hierarchical system of organisms in an ecosystem.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Hierarchical system … or what is formed when the answers to the starred clues are placed end to end
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Crossword Answer definitions
FOODCHAIN noun- The feeding relationships between species in a biotic community.
- A hierarchy.
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 FOODCHAIN
- Eat-or-be-eaten ordering
- Series of what eats what
- Eating hierarchy
- Apt description of the sequence suggested by the answers to starred clues?
- Hierarchy, so to speak
- Hierarchy of what eats what
- Ecological succession
- Hawk -> snake -> frog -> insect, e.g.
- Ecological diet sequence, or what you can form by linking the starred answers together?
- Hierarchical system … or what is formed when the answers to the starred clues are placed end to end