Prickly shrub
The crossword clue "Prickly shrub" is answered by BRIER, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1982. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BRIER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BRIER answer page.
Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1982. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- GOOSEBERRY (1 uses in xd)
- HAWTHORN (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for BRIER
Every other clue in this collection answered by BRIER, most used first.
- Prickly plant - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Pipe - used 9 times, most recently in 2008
- Pipe type - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
- Pipe material - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Prickly plants - CACTI, used 67 times
- "Poison" shrub - SUMAC, used 46 times
- Prickly plant - BRIAR, used 31 times
- Prickly shrub - BRIAR, used 30 times
- Fragrant shrub - LILAC, used 24 times
- Medicinal shrub - SENNA, used 22 times
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