The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SNAIL , but the solution may also be MYRTLE which is one of the most recent solution (1988 in New York Times).
Periwinkle crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SNAIL | 57 % | 5 |
| MYRTLE | 29 % | 6 |
| WHELK | 14 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Periwinkle
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- madagascar periwinkle
- winkle
- old maid
- cape periwinkle
- catharanthus roseus
- cayenne jasmine
- red periwinkle
- rose periwinkle
- vinca rosea
- mauve
- lilac
- fuchsia
Crossword Answer definitions
SNAIL noun- Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.
- (by extension) A slow person; a sluggard.
- A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock.
- A tortoise or testudo; a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers.
- The pod of the snail clover.
- To move or travel very slowly.
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 SNAIL
- Slow food from the garden, perhaps?
- Creature in a shell
- No racer
- Shelled creature
- Slowpoke
- Exemplar of slowness
- Slow mover
- Garden gastropod
- ___ mail (E-mail alternative)
- ___ mail (Canada Post, perhaps)
More clues leading to the result MYRTLE
- ___ Beach (South Carolina resort)
- ___ Beach, South Carolina
- South Carolina's ___ Beach
- Flower also called periwinkle
- ___ Beach
- Fragrant evergreen with starlike flowers
- South Carolina's __ Beach
- __ Beach, SC
- __ Beach: South Carolina resort
- Fragrant flower