Underground part of a plant
The crossword clue "Underground part of a plant" is answered by ROOT, a 4-letter entry. Used 17 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
ROOT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ROOT answer page.
Used 17 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 7 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
- 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
- __ canal; dental procedure - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- 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.
- Part of Q.E.D. - ERAT, used 477 times
- Part of A.D. - ANNO, used 301 times
- Medicinal plant - ALOE, used 281 times
- Part of QED - ERAT, used 274 times
- Molecule part - ATOM, used 269 times
- Eye part - IRIS, used 242 times
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