The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word YAM which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2025.
Starchy tuber crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| YAM | 65 % | 3 |
| TARO | 21 % | 4 |
| POTATO | 9 % | 6 |
| SALEP | 5 % | 5 |
Why may YAM be the right solution?
"YAM" is the right solution because a yam is a type of starchy tuber vegetable commonly found in many cuisines around the world.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Starchy tuber
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- potato
- yam
- taro
- cassava
- tanya
- name
- ava
- sweet potato
- bean
- tuber
- fitch
- coriander
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
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
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
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 POTATO
- Starchy tuber
- ____ chips
- Chowder ingredient
- Latke ingredient
- Vichyssoise ingredient
- One of 93 down, e.g.
- You might make a hash of it
- Red bliss, for one
- It may be mashed
- Word after couch