The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word STRAW which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2016.
Proverbial backbreaker crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STRAW | 67 % | 5 |
| LASTSTRAW | 25 % | 9 |
| THELASTSTRAW | 8 % | 12 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Proverbial backbreaker
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- straw
- tome
- arduous
- exertion
- gruelling
- heavy
- limbo
- bayard
- boeotia
- byword
- cat
- haste
Crossword Answer definitions
STRAW noun- A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
- Such dried stalks considered collectively.
- A drinking straw.
- A pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
- Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing.
- To lay straw around plants to protect them from frost.
- To sell straws on the streets in order to cover the giving to the purchaser of things usually banned, such as pornography.
- Made of straw.
- Of a pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
- Imaginary, but presented as real.
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 STRAW
- Camel's backbreaker
- Scarecrow filler
- Sipper
- Horse stall bedding
- "That's the last ______!"
- Soda sipper
- Sucker
- Common object operated with air pressure
- Scarecrow's guts
- Scarecrow stuffing
More clues leading to the result LASTSTRAW
- Tipping point
- Camel's concern?
- Backbreaker?
- Camel backbreaker
- Proverbial backbreaker
- Event immediately preceding a reprisal
- One unpleasantness too many
- Backbreaking event?
- *Breaking point
- Ultimate provocation