The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BRIAR , but the solution may also be ROSE which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in New York Times).
Thorny subject crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BRIAR | 29 % | 5 |
| ROSEBUSH | 29 % | 8 |
| ROSE | 29 % | 4 |
| ROSES | 14 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Thorny subject
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- briar
- rose
- spinous
- thorn
- lemon
- may
- bramble
- bur
- chaparral
- dilemma
- furze
- gooseberry
Crossword Answer definitions
BRIAR noun- Any of many plants with thorny stems growing in dense clusters, such as many in the Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax genera.
- Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings.
- The white heath, Erica arborea, a thorny Mediterranean shrub.
- A pipe for smoking, made from the roots of that shrub.
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 BRIAR
- Pipe material
- Prickly plant
- Hare's habitat
- Pipe made from a root
- Pipe type
- Bush with thorns
- Pipe root
- Kind of patch for Br'er Rabbit
- Kind of pipe
- Prickly rose
More clues leading to the result ROSEBUSH
- Plant in a garden
- Thorny subject
- Prickly growth
- Flowering shrub
- American Beauty site
- Shrub bearing floribunda
- Trellis climber
- Thorny shrub
- Common garden sight
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