The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ELIHU , but the solution may also be ORIGIN which is one of the most recent solution (2012 in King Syndicate).
Root crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ELIHU | 30 % | 5 |
| ORIGIN | 26 % | 6 |
| CHEER | 11 % | 5 |
| TARO | 11 % | 4 |
| SOURCE | 7 % | 6 |
| CAUSE | 7 % | 5 |
| RADICLE | 4 % | 7 |
| INGRAIN | 4 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Root
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- solution
- rootle
- side
- rout
- base
- stem
- radical
- origin
- beginning
- theme
- root word
- source
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 ELIHU
- Secretary of State Root
- Statesman Root
- Nobel Peace Prize winner Root
- 1912 Nobelist Root
- Friend of Job
- Philanthropist Yale
- Root of philanthropy
- Mr. Yale
- Root the diplomat
- Yale or Root
More clues leading to the result ORIGIN
- Start
- Ancestry
- Spring
- Beginning
- Where the x- and y-axes meet in math
- __ of Species (Darwin)
- Darwin's "___ of Species"
- Where a Cartesian graph's axes meet
- Word in a Darwin title
- Starting point
More clues leading to the result CHEER
- "Stay colorful" detergent
- "Who's your daddy!" e.g.
- Encouraging sound
- Merrymaking
- Give a big hand
- Say horray
- Sound at a pep rally
- Root
- College-game chant
- Root in the stands
More clues leading to the result TARO
- Starch source
- A chief crop of Fiji
- Poi base
- Poi source
- Edible root
- Source of poi
- Starchy root
- Tropical tuber
- Root for Hawaiians
- Tuber that's toxic when raw
More clues leading to the result SOURCE
- Footnote material
- Origin
- Root
- Beginning
- Bibliography item
- Correspondent's correspondent
- Bibliography entry
- Fountainhead
- Reporter's aid
- Lake Itasca, to the Mississippi
More clues leading to the result CAUSE
- Social movement
- Something to believe in
- Activist's drive
- Precipitate
- Activist's passion
- Thing to rally behind
- Bring about
- Lead to
- "Rebel Without a ___"
- Something to fight for
More clues leading to the result RADICLE
- Root part.
- Little root.
- Rootlet.
- Rootlike part.
- Root
- Rudimentary root
- Rootlet
- Part of a plant embryo that develops into a root
- Seedling's root portion