The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word IRIS which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2020.
Showy flower crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| IRIS | 19 % | 4 |
| PEONY | 18 % | 5 |
| DAHLIA | 18 % | 6 |
| ANEMONE | 8 % | 7 |
| ASTER | 6 % | 5 |
| TULIP | 5 % | 5 |
| PHLOX | 4 % | 5 |
| SNAPDRAGON | 2 % | 10 |
| HIBISCUS | 2 % | 8 |
| HYDRANGEA | 1 % | 9 |
| AZALEA | 1 % | 6 |
| BEGONIA | 1 % | 7 |
| CANNA | 1 % | 5 |
| LILY | 1 % | 4 |
| POPPY | 1 % | 5 |
| ROSE | 1 % | 4 |
| CALLA | 1 % | 5 |
| AMARANTH | 1 % | 8 |
| LANTANA | 1 % | 7 |
| ORCHID | 1 % | 6 |
| POSY | 1 % | 4 |
| PROTEA | 1 % | 6 |
| RUELLIA | 1 % | 7 |
| ZINNIA | 1 % | 6 |
| GLOXINIA | 1 % | 8 |
| MALLOW | 1 % | 6 |
| PANSY | 1 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Showy flower
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- bloom
- blossom
- dahlia
- peony
- zinnia
- iris
- tulip
- snapdragon
- canna
- hydrangea
- amaranth
- anemone
Crossword Answer definitions
IRIS noun- A plant of the genus Iris, common in the northern hemisphere, and generally having attractive blooms (See Iris (plant)).
- The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, which adjusts to control the amount of light reaching the retina, and which forms the colored portion of the eye (See Iris (anatomy)).
- A diaphragm used to regulate the size of a hole, especially as a way of controlling the amount of light reaching a lens.
- A rainbow, or other colourful refraction of light.
- A constricted opening in the path inside a waveguide, used to form a resonator.
- The inner circle of an oscillated color spot.
- (of an aperture, lens or door) To open or close in the manner of an iris.
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 IRIS
- "Under the Net" writer Murdoch
- Crocus' family
- Eye part
- Light regulator
- Showy flower
- Writer Murdoch
- Flowering bulb
- Goddess of the rainbow
- Pupil's place
- Rainbow goddess
More clues leading to the result PEONY
- 1/100 of a dahlia?
- Colorful flower
- Garden perennial
- State flower of Indiana
- Indiana's state flower
- Buttercup relative
- Showy flower
- Bouquet flower, perhaps
- Indiana state flower
- Showy spring perennial
More clues leading to the result DAHLIA
- Late-blooming flower
- Garden bloom
- Tuberous perennial
- Showy flower
- Garden show favorite
- Late-blooming perennial
- Showy violet
- Bertie Wooster's favorite aunt
- Ornamental flower
- "The Black ___" (2006 movie)
More clues leading to the result ANEMONE
- "With a friend like that, who needs __?"
- Windflower
- Buttercup family plant
- Windflower (7)
- Friend of the clown fish
- Buttercup family member
- Flowerlike polyp
- Member of the buttercup family
- Wind flower
- Plant of the buttercup family
More clues leading to the result ASTER
- Fall bloomer
- Late bloomer
- Michaelmas daisy
- Rayed flower
- Showy flower
- Daisy-like flower
- Fall bloom
- Fall flower
- Rayed bloomer
- Daisy lookalike
More clues leading to the result TULIP
- Dutch export
- Haarlem export
- Still life subject
- Tiny Tim's flower
- Bell-shaped flower
- Showy flower
- Bulb's output
- Hex sign bloom
- Dutch bulb
- Cup-shaped bloom
More clues leading to the result PHLOX
- Moss pink, e.g.
- Plant with showy flowers
- Wall flower
- Colorful flowers
- Showy flowers
- Summer flower
- Flowering plant
- Spring flower
- Butterfly attractor
- Garden bloom
More clues leading to the result SNAPDRAGON
- Garden flower
- St. George's bloomer?
- Flower with "jaws"
- Garden plant
- Perennial with a large mouth
- "It's a __ a load with a mule pullin'"
- Flower resembling a reptile's mouth
- Flower named for a legendary beast
- Spring bloom named for its resemblance to a mythical creature
- *Flower named for a legendary beast
More clues leading to the result HIBISCUS
- Orlando bloom
- Showy flower
- Flower used in herbal teas
- Hawaii's state flower
- The yellow one is Hawaii's state flower
- Hula dancer's accessory
- Hawaii's state flower.
- Lei blossoms.
- Showy shrub
- Flowery shrub
More clues leading to the result HYDRANGEA
- Flowering shrub
- Shrub with showy flowers
- It's good for your kidneys
- Showy flower
- Showy flower.
- Shrub of the saxifrage family
More clues leading to the result AZALEA
- Augusta sight
- Spring bloomer
- Rhododendron
- Spring bloomers
- Southern shrub
- Flowering shrub
- Shrub in the Rhododendron family
- Wild honeysuckle, e.g.
- Foundation shrub
- Flowering evergreen
More clues leading to the result BEGONIA
- "That dress looks a bit __"
- Colorful perennial
- Way tropical flower
- Waxy-flowered plant
- Colorful tropical perennial
- Colorful tropical flower
- Showy houseplant
- Garden flower
- Ornamental flower
- Showy flower
More clues leading to the result CANNA
- Flower
- Large ornamental plant
- Large, showy flower
- Showy tropical plant
- Plant with showy flowers
- Showy plant
- Tropical herb
- Tropical plant with colorful leaves
- Tropical plant with large foliage
- Tropical plant of the banana family.
More clues leading to the result LILY
- Day or water
- Pons of opera
- Valley flower?
- Easter flower
- Easter decoration
- Flower on a pad
- 9 to 5 costar with Dolly and Jane
- Mrs. Herman Munster
- Easter emblem
- Pond floater
More clues leading to the result POPPY
- Showy flower
- Opium-yielding plant
- Seed on a bagel
- Deadly flower by the Yellow Brick Road
- Golden Triangle flower
- Flanders fields flower
- "Row on row" blower in a classic poem
- Bread-seed source
- Bagel-seed source
- Flower.
More clues leading to the result ROSE
- American Beauty
- "My Wild Irish ___"
- Floral gift
- Appreciated in value
- Color of some glasses?
- Proliferated
- Thorny bush
- Abie's girl
- Golden Girl
- One of the Golden Girls
More clues leading to the result CALLA
- Lily plant
- Marsh plant
- Lily type
- Plant with arrow-shaped leaves
- ___ lily
- Arum family plant
- It blooms in spathes
- Arum lily
- Lily variety
- Sort of lily that's not a lily
More clues leading to the result AMARANTH
- Purple shade
- Undying flower of myth
- Imaginary, undying flower
- Imaginary eternal flower
- Ornamental plant
- Plant with long-lasting flowers.
- Love-lies-bleeding.
- Never-fading flower: Poet.
- Showy flower
- Imaginary undying flower
More clues leading to the result LANTANA
- Flower-bearing shrub
- Verbena variety
- Flowering tropical shrub
- Verbena family plant
- Plant of the verbena family
- Ornamental flower
- Tropical shrub of verbena family.
- Plant with yellow or orange flowers.
- Verbena shrub.
- Tropical shrub.
More clues leading to the result ORCHID
- Corsage bloom
- Bloom or hue
- Lady's slipper
- Prom night adornment, often
- Corsage blossom
- Rex Stout's flower
- Greenhouse effect?
- Corsage flower
- Phalaenopsis or dendrobium, e.g.
- Common corsage
More clues leading to the result POSY
- Flower bunch
- Showy flower
- Arrangement item
- Flower
- Nosegay
- Corsage
- Bouquet
- Floral arrangement
- Ring-around-the-rosy flower
- One of a pocketful
More clues leading to the result PROTEA
More clues leading to the result RUELLIA
More clues leading to the result ZINNIA
- Popular garden annual
- "Lying's a __ know"
- Popular garden flower
- Colorful annual
- The last word in flowers?
- Composite plan
- Hardy, colorful flower
- Flower garden favorite
- Sunflower relative
- Alphabetically last flower on a list of familiar ones
More clues leading to the result GLOXINIA
More clues leading to the result MALLOW
- Okra or hibiscus family
- Hibiscus, e.g.
- Hibiscus plant's family
- Family that includes okra
- Showy flower.
- Marsh herb.
- Relative of the hollyhock.
- Velvetleaf or hibiscus, e.g.
- Plant family that includes the hibiscus
- Hollyhock family