Fragrant root
The crossword clue "Fragrant root" is answered by ORRIS, a 5-letter entry. Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2005; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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ORRIS
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Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2005; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for ORRIS
Every other clue in this collection answered by ORRIS, most used first.
- Fragrant rootstock - used 18 times, most recently in 1999
- Root used in perfumery - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Florentine iris. - used 7 times, most recently in 1972
- Gold braid - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
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.
- Fragrant wood - CEDAR, used 132 times
- Fragrant compound - ESTER, used 131 times
- Fragrant resin - ELEMI, used 61 times
- Fragrant oil - ATTAR, used 59 times
- Fragrant. - OLENT, used 46 times
- Root or Yale - ELIHU, used 36 times
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