The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SCION , but the solution may also be ARM which is one of the most recent solution (2018 in Chronicle of Higher Education).
Offshoot crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SCION | 36 % | 5 |
| ARM | 18 % | 3 |
| TWIG | 13 % | 4 |
| SPRIG | 10 % | 5 |
| CION | 10 % | 4 |
| ADJUNCT | 3 % | 7 |
| BRANCH | 3 % | 6 |
| BOUGH | 3 % | 5 |
| SPUR | 3 % | 4 |
| SPROUT | 3 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Offshoot
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- outgrowth
- branch
- offset
- branching
- ramification
- creature
- limb
- wing
- arm
- braiding
- section
- offspring
Crossword Answer definitions
SCION noun- A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant of a distinguished family.
- The heir to a throne.
- A guardian.
- A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense.
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 SCION
- Descendant
- Progeny
- Offshoot
- Offspring
- Boxy Toyota
- Issue
- Toyota with youth appeal
- Heir
- Candidate for succession, often
- Junior, often
More clues leading to the result ARM
- Extremity
- Aikman's asset
- Annex
- Branch
- Chair part
- Kind of limb
- Pitcher's asset
- Prepare for a fight
- Upper limb
- Half an exorbitant price?
More clues leading to the result TWIG
- Small branch
- Branch offshoot
- Bit of kindling
- Stick in the wilderness
- Branch branch
- Easy snapper
- Shoot
- Brick : house :: __ : nest
- Piece of kindling
- Stick on the ground
More clues leading to the result SPRIG
- Small bunch
- Unit of mistletoe
- Parsley unit
- Shoot
- Twig
- Little shoot
- Unit of thyme
- Small branch
- Small shoot
- Bit of greenery
More clues leading to the result CION
- Offspring
- Grafting twig (var.)
- Plant shoot: Var.
- Offshoot
- Shoot of a plant.
- Shoot of plant.
- Budding plant shoot.
- Plant shoot.
- A budded shoot.
- A shoot.
More clues leading to the result ADJUNCT
- Kind of professor
- Usually not eligible for tenure, as a professor
- Offshoot
- Accessory
- Add-on
- Like some professors
- Type of professor
- Subordinate addition
More clues leading to the result BRANCH
- Secondary bank, for example
- Subsidiary location
- Bough
- Bank outlet
- Military division
- Ramify
- Locust limb
- Subsidiary office
- Baseball's Rickey.
- Root's companion.
More clues leading to the result BOUGH
- Frazer's "The Golden ___"
- Cradle holder of song
- Tree limb
- Limb
- "When the __ breaks, the baby ..."
- "Rock-a-bye Baby" tree limb
- Offshoot
- Holly unit
- "When the ___ breaks . . . "
- Branch
More clues leading to the result SPUR
- Climber's need
- Boot attachment
- Tim Duncan, e.g.
- Side track
- Tim Duncan, his whole career
- Ridge
- Motivate
- Tim Duncan, notably
- Egg on
- Boot jangler