The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word LOP which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2024.
Prune crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LOP | 53 % | 3 |
| TRIM | 14 % | 4 |
| SNIP | 8 % | 4 |
| PARE | 7 % | 4 |
| CLIP | 6 % | 4 |
| SAWOFF | 5 % | 6 |
| CROP | 3 % | 4 |
| LOPOFF | 1 % | 6 |
| SHEAR | 1 % | 5 |
| DRIEDPLUM | 1 % | 9 |
| THIN | 1 % | 4 |
Why may LOP be the right solution?
The word "LOP" is a suitable answer for the clue "Prune" because it means to cut off or remove branches or parts of a plant.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Prune
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- crop
- cut
- dress
- snip
- lop
- clip
- trim
- cut back
- rationalize
- plum
- cobble
- bullet
Crossword Answer definitions
LOP noun- That which is lopped from anything, such as branches from a tree.
- (usually with off) To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone.
- To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side.
- To allow to hang down.
- A flea.
- (usually offensive) A disabled person, a cripple.
- Any of several breeds of rabbits whose ears lie flat.
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 LOP
- Cut off
- Remove some branches
- Trim
- Remove, as branches
- Be a branch manager?
- Chop (off)
- Cut (off)
- Cut (off), as branches
- Do some landscaping work, say
- Do some topiary
More clues leading to the result TRIM
- Lean
- Shaping at the salon
- Short clip
- Svelte
- Use clippers
- Cut corners
- Touch up, as this puzzle's subject does to a beard (See STEPS)
- In shape
- A little off?
- Athletic
More clues leading to the result SNIP
- Cut coupons
- Do a tonsorial task
- Impertinent one
- Quick cut
- Do some coupon-cutting
- Follow the dotted line, perhaps
- Small cut
- Barber's cut
- Cut into
- Get coupons
More clues leading to the result PARE
- Cut (down), as expenses
- Get the carrots ready
- Cut back
- Trim
- Whittle down
- Fix apples for a pie
- Skin
- Trim down
- Remove the skin of
- Cut the skin from
More clues leading to the result CLIP
- Brooch
- What you do with coupons
- __-on tie
- Bit of film
- Hair holder
- Kind of joint
- Shorten
- Type of board
- Paper fastener
- Shear off
More clues leading to the result SAWOFF
- Waved to from the pier, say
- Took to the airport, e.g.
- Lop
- Said goodbye to at the station
- Accompanied to the terminal
- Called "Bon voyage" to
- Prune
- Said "Bon voyage!" to
- Took to the airport, say
- Walked to the gangplank, say
More clues leading to the result CROP
- Harvest haul
- Rider's whip
- Trim
- Farmer's concern
- Riding whip
- Trim a hedge or photograph
- Jockey's whip
- __-duster (kind of airplane)
- Cut short
- Cut, as an ex-friend from a picture