Thorny bunch

The answer

ROSES

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ROSES answer page.

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1992. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ROSES

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

• Derby prize - used 29 times, most recently in 2022
• Kentucky Derby prize - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Valentine's Day gift - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
• Valentine's gift - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Romantic dozen - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Thorny flowers - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Valentine's Day bouquet - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Valentine flowers - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• American Beauties - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
• Kentucky Derby flowers - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Valentine's Day dozen - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Valentine's Day flowers - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Fragrant bed? - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
• Ramblers - used 8 times, most recently in 1993
• Flowers - used 7 times, most recently in 1996
• War of the ___ - used 7 times, most recently in 1998
• Bouquet flowers - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Pink wines - 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.

• Brainy bunch - MENSA, used 42 times
• Bunch of bees - SWARM, used 22 times
• The brainy bunch - MENSA, used 21 times
• Bright bunch - MENSA, used 20 times
• A bunch - LOADS, used 19 times
• A whole bunch - SCADS, used 16 times

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