The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word TEASEL , but the solution may also be CACTUS which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in New York Times).
Prickly plant crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TEASEL | 21 % | 6 |
| BRIAR | 21 % | 5 |
| BRIER | 18 % | 5 |
| NETTLE | 15 % | 6 |
| THISTLE | 15 % | 7 |
| CACTUS | 10 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Prickly plant
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- cactus
- hedgehog
- teasel
- thistle
- brier
- nettle
- briar
- loganberry
- tumbleweed
- acanthus
- bur
- cocklebur
Crossword Answer definitions
TEASEL noun- Any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus.
- The dried flower head of the fuller's teasel, Dipsacus fullonum, used for teasing or carding cloth.
- Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth.
- To raise the nap on cloth; to tease; to card.
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 TEASEL
- Produce a napped surface
- Burr
- Raise a nap on cloth
- Prickly plant that attracts goldfinches
- Prickly-leaved plant
- Flowering thistlelike plant
- Prickly herb
- Prickly plant
- Spiny-flowered plant
- Thistlelike plant
More clues leading to the result BRIAR
- Pipe material
- Prickly plant
- Hare's habitat
- Pipe made from a root
- Pipe type
- Bush with thorns
- Pipe root
- Kind of patch for Br'er Rabbit
- Kind of pipe
- Prickly rose
More clues leading to the result BRIER
- Thorny shrub
- Prickly plant
- Enchanted castle's covering
- Thorny patch
- Type of patch in an Uncle Remus story
- Pipe type
- Tangled mass of prickly plants
- Thorny bush
- Pipe material
- Smoker's choice
More clues leading to the result NETTLE
- Irk
- Goad
- Harass
- Irritate
- Stinging plant
- Get under the skin of
- Plant with stinging leaves
- Plant with a sting
- Vex
- Herb with stinging hairs
More clues leading to the result THISTLE
- Meadow bloom
- Scottish emblem
- Purple-flowered prickly plant
- National flower of Scotland
- Prickly plant
- Companion of the rose and the shamrock.
- National emblem of Scotland.
- Emblem of Scotland.
- Symbol of Scotland.
- Prickly plant.