Prickly pears, e.g.
The crossword clue "Prickly pears, e.g." is answered by CACTI, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1985. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1985. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for CACTI
Every other clue in this collection answered by CACTI, most used first.
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- Prickly plants - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
- Desert flora - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Spiny plants - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Desert bloomers - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Saguaros, e.g. - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Spiny desert plants - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Saguaros - used 14 times, most recently in 2010
- Prickly desert plants - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Spiny flora - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Plants in a dry place - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Saguaro and prickly pear - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Arizona plants - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Desert sights - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Mojave flora - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Prickly pears - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
- Prickly pear and saguaro - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Sonora flora - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Spiky plants - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Spiny succulents - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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 plant - BRIAR, used 31 times
- Prickly shrub - BRIAR, used 30 times
- Prickly plant - BRIER, used 21 times
- Prickly pear. - NOPAL, used 17 times
- Some pears - BOSCS, used 15 times
- Apples and pears - POMES, used 14 times
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