Spiny desert plants
The crossword clue "Spiny desert plants" is answered by CACTI, a 5-letter entry. Used 15 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2013. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CACTI
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CACTI answer page.
Used 15 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2013. It appears in 6 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.
- OCOTILLOS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for CACTI
Every other clue in this collection answered by CACTI, most used first.
- Desert plants - used 73 times, most recently in 2025
- 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
- Saguaros - used 14 times, most recently in 2010
- Prickly desert plants - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Prickly pears, e.g. - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- 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.
- Israeli desert - NEGEV, used 70 times
- Desert haven - OASIS, used 69 times
- Desert refuge - OASIS, used 62 times
- Marsh plants - REEDS, used 52 times
- Climbing plants - IVIES, used 45 times
- Medicinal plants - ALOES, used 42 times
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