The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word STEMS which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2008.
Stalks crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STEMS | 54 % | 5 |
| STIPES | 23 % | 6 |
| CANES | 8 % | 5 |
| TRACKS | 8 % | 6 |
| REEDS | 8 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Stalks
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- husk
- shuck
- chaff
- straw
- stubble
- haunt
- stem
- angry walk
- still hunt
- boles
- canes
- chases
Crossword Answer definitions
STEMS noun- Acronym of science, technology, engineering, (and) mathematics.
- An electron microscope that transmits a very narrow beam of electrons through a sample; it can detect individual large or heavy atoms.
- A gleam of light; a flame.
- The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.
- A branch of a family.
- An advanced or leading position; the lookout.
- The above-ground stalk (technically axis) of a vascular plant, and certain anatomically similar, below-ground organs such as rhizomes, bulbs, tubers, and corms.
- A slender supporting member of an individual part of a plant such as a flower or a leaf; also, by analogy, the shaft of a feather.
- A narrow part on certain man-made objects, such as a wine glass, a tobacco pipe, a spoon.
- The main part of an uninflected word to which affixes may be added to form inflections of the word. A stem often has a more fundamental root. Systematic conjugations and declensions derive from their stems.
- A person's leg.
- The penis.
- A vertical stroke of a letter.
- A vertical stroke marking the length of a note in written music.
- A premixed portion of a track for use in audio mastering and remixing.
- The vertical or nearly vertical forward extension of the keel, to which the forward ends of the planks or strakes are attached.
- A component on a bicycle that connects the handlebars to the bicycle fork
- A part of an anatomic structure considered without its possible branches or ramifications.
- A crack pipe; or the long, hollow portion of a similar pipe (i.e. meth pipe) resembling a crack pipe.
- (chiefly British) A winder on a clock, watch, or similar mechanism
- To remove the stem from.
- To be caused or derived; to originate.
- To descend in a family line.
- To direct the stem (of a ship) against; to make headway against.
- To hit with the stem of a ship; to ram.
- To ram (clay, etc.) into a blasting hole.
- To stop, hinder (for instance, a river or blood).
- To move the feet apart and point the tips of the skis inward in order to slow down the speed or to facilitate a turn.
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 STEMS
- Meerschaum parts
- Holds back
- Wineglass features
- Pipe parts
- Flower holders?
- Applies a tourniquet
- Makes headway against
- Rose supporters
- Goblet elements
- Flower holders
More clues leading to the result STIPES
- Michael of R.E.M. et al.
- Mushroom stems
- Family stock: Law.
- Stalks: Bot.
- Stems.
- Stalks.
- Mushroom stalks
- Stalks
- Stalks, to a botanist
- Short stalks
More clues leading to the result CANES
- Bamboo and sugar
- Walking sticks
- Sugar sources
- Sun Life Stadium team, for short
- Candy crooks
- Repairs chairs
- Aids for the hobbled
- Candy ___ (some ornaments)
- Miami team, informally
- Fops' props
More clues leading to the result TRACKS
- Signs of wildlife
- Audio recordings
- Where you might find running mates?
- Where races often occur
- Follows
- Evidence in the snow
- Pursues with bloodhounds
- CD divisions
- Monitors
- Make ___ (depart hurriedly).