The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word YAM , but the solution may also be GRITS which is one of the most recent solution (1957 in New York Times).
Southern food staple crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| YAM | 67 % | 3 |
| GRITS | 33 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Southern food staple
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- yam
- rice
- okra
- pone
- taro
- tater
- grits
- corn
- cornbread
- tortilla
- poi
- murphy
Crossword Answer definitions
YAM noun- Any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated.
- The edible, starchy, tuberous root of that plant, a tropical staple food.
- A sweet potato; a tuber from the species Ipomoea batatas.
- Potato.
- A oca; a tuber from the species Oxalis tuberosa.
- Taro.
- An orange-brown colour, like the flesh of the yam.
- (Cumberland) home
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result YAM
- Starchy tuber
- Thanksgiving dinner starch
- Sweet potato
- Tasty tuber
- Heroin balloon, in slang
- November sweet
- Fall stew tuber
- Good source of potassium
- Orange tuber
- Root of Thanksgiving