The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word PEA which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.
Princess's irritant in a classic fairy tale crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PEA | 100 % | 3 |
Why may PEA be the right solution?
In the classic fairy tale "The Princess and the Pea," a prince seeks a true princess to marry. A woman claiming to be a princess is put to the test by sleeping on a bed with a pea placed underneath multiple layers of mattresses and bedding. The next morning, the woman complains of being kept awake all night by something hard in the bed, revealing her sensitivity and proving her to be a true princess. Therefore, the correct answer to the clue is "PEA".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Princess's irritant in a classic fairy tale
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- pea
- ogre
- cinderella
- troll
- aladdin
- curse
- evil
- once
- wolf
- gnome
- castle
- elf
Crossword Answer definitions
PEA noun- A plant, Pisum sativum, member of the legume (Fabaceae) family.
- The edible seed of some of these plants.
- A ball travelling at high velocity.
- (Indiana) Any of the small numbered balls used in a pea shake game.
- Any of several varieties of bean.
- A peafowl
- Wampum.
- A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
- The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period.
- The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point.
- The whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated.
- The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
- The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
- The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
- A local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is at its maximum.
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