Like desert growth
The crossword clue "Like desert growth" is answered by SERE, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SERE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SERE answer page.
Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SERE
Every other clue in this collection answered by SERE, most used first.
- Withered - used 400 times, most recently in 2026
- Parched - used 119 times, most recently in 2026
- Dried up - used 103 times, most recently in 2025
- Dry - used 87 times, most recently in 2023
- Arid - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
- Bone-dry - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Dried out - used 38 times, most recently in 2025
- Desertlike - used 35 times, most recently in 2024
- Very dry - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
- All dried out - used 27 times, most recently in 2018
- Desiccated - used 27 times, most recently in 2019
- Dry as dust - used 18 times, most recently in 2015
- Wizened - used 17 times, most recently in 2009
- Sun-cracked - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
- Dried - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Saharan - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
- Dried and withered - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
- Like autumn leaves - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
- Withered and dry - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Beyond dry - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
- Damaged by drought - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
- Devoid of moisture - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
- Dry and withered - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Dry as a bone - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- All dried up - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Drought-damaged - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Drought-stricken - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Extremely dry - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- In desperate need of water - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Like the Sahara - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Moistureless - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
- Sapless. - used 7 times, most recently in 1978
- Waterless - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
- Withering - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Without moisture - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Drought-ridden - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Dry as a desert - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Dusty dry - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Evenings, in Roma - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
- Exceedingly dry - 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.
- Like ___ of bricks - ATON, used 201 times
- Mongolian desert - GOBI, used 170 times
- Asian desert - GOBI, used 145 times
- Fly like an eagle - SOAR, used 141 times
- Dry as a desert - ARID, used 121 times
- Like some vaccines - ORAL, used 103 times
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