The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word YEW which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2025.
Longbow wood crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| YEW | 96 % | 3 |
| ELM | 4 % | 3 |
Why may YEW be the right solution?
YEW is the right answer because the wood traditionally used to make longbows is YEW wood due to its flexibility and strength.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Longbow wood
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- yew
- shaft
- hatchet
- crossbow
- merlin
- plow
- crecy
- falkirk
- flight
- longbowman
- rover
- twang
Crossword Answer definitions
YEW noun- A species of coniferous tree, Taxus baccata, with dark-green flat needle-like leaves and seeds bearing red arils, native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, northern Iran and southwest Asia.
- (by extension) Any tree or shrub of the genus Taxus.
- Other conifers resembling plants in genus Taxus
- The wood of the such trees.
- A bow for archery, made of yew wood.
- Made from the wood of the yew tree.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result YEW
- Poisonous evergreen
- Archery-bow wood
- Archer's bow wood
- Bow wood
- Elastic wood
- Hedge tree
- Tree with bendy wood
- Evergreen
- Berried evergreen
- Flexible wood