Germs
The crossword clue "Germs" is answered by SEEDS, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SEEDS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SEEDS answer page.
Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- MICROBES (5 uses in xd)
- BACTERIA (3 uses in xd)
- VIRUSES (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for SEEDS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SEEDS, most used first.
- Canary chow - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Future flowers - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Garden starters - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
- Origins - used 21 times, most recently in 2021
- Watermelon throwaways - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
- Tournament favorites - used 16 times, most recently in 2021
- Beginnings - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
- Parakeet food - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Sows - used 12 times, most recently in 2004
- Bird feeder fill - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Watermelon waste - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Bird feeder filler - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Gardener's purchase - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
- Navel orange's lack - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Tournament rankings - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Watermelon discards - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Bird feeder bits - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Bird food - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Canary snacks - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Likely winners - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Pips - used 7 times, most recently in 2004
- Core group? - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Food for birds - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Gardener's packetful - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Plants-to-be - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Take care of - SEETO, used 337 times
- Cubic meter - STERE, used 273 times
- Frighten - SCARE, used 195 times
- Trap - SNARE, used 192 times
- Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
- Place - STEAD, used 187 times
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