__ canal; dental procedure

The answer

ROOT

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ROOT answer page.

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2017. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ROOT

Every other clue in this collection answered by ROOT, most used first.

• Cheer (for) - used 107 times, most recently in 2026
• Source - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
• Tooth part - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Cheer - used 49 times, most recently in 2021
• Origin - used 39 times, most recently in 2024
• Underground plant part - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Plant part - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Underlying cause - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Dig like a pig - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Plant anchor - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Underground part of a plant - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Plant's anchor - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Ultimate cause - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Carrot, e.g. - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Show team spirit - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
• Essential part. - used 11 times, most recently in 2001
• Kind of beer - used 11 times, most recently in 2013
• ____ canal - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Basis - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Botanical anchor - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Carrot or turnip - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Part of an underground network? - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Pull for - used 9 times, most recently in 2008
• Tooth anchor - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Carrot or parsnip - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Carrot or radish - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Cheer for a team - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Tree anchor - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• What fans do - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Radish, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Square __ - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Underground supporter - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Horseradish source - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Part of a plant - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Part of a tooth - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Plant's underground part - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Repeated word in "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Underground growth - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Word with canal or beer - used 6 times, most recently in 2022

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.

• New York canal - ERIE, used 150 times
• Canal of song - ERIE, used 90 times
• Clinton's canal - ERIE, used 39 times
• Canal - ERIE, used 38 times
• Canal zones? - EARS, used 37 times
• "Fifteen Miles on the ___ Canal" - ERIE, used 31 times

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