Spiny plants
The crossword clue "Spiny plants" is answered by CACTI, a 5-letter entry. Used 27 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1968. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
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Used 27 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1968. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for CACTI
Every other clue in this collection answered by CACTI, most used first.
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