The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SPINOSE , but the solution may also be IRRITABLE which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in Wall Street Journal).
Prickly crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SPINOSE | 33 % | 7 |
| IRRITABLE | 11 % | 9 |
| SPINY | 11 % | 5 |
| THORNY | 11 % | 6 |
| ERINACEOUS | 11 % | 10 |
| SPINOUS | 11 % | 7 |
| ACULEATE | 11 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Prickly
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- thorny
- bristly
- barbed
- waspish
- splenetic
- bristled
- spiny
- briary
- burred
- armed
- burry
- briery
Crossword Answer definitions
SPINOSE adjective- Having spines
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 SPINOSE
More clues leading to the result IRRITABLE
More clues leading to the result SPINY
- Like a hedgehog
- Like a sea urchin
- Like some anteaters
- Quill-equipped
- Like sea urchins
- Quill-filled
- Like porcupines
- Sporting thorns
- Thorny
- Troublesome
More clues leading to the result THORNY
- Like rosebushes
- Vexatious
- Difficult
- Not easy to solve
- Problematic
- Prickly
- Tough to figure out
- Sticky
- Complex, as a predicament
- Complicated, as a problem