Seed

The answer

SPORE

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

Used 21 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1960. It appears in 3 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.

• GERM (25 uses in xd)
• PIP (12 uses in xd)
• OVULE (5 uses in xd)
• PIT (5 uses in xd)
• KERNEL (3 uses in xd)

Other clues for SPORE

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

• Fern seed - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
• Germ cell - used 33 times, most recently in 2007
• Future fungus - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Future fern - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Fern-to-be - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• Reproductive body - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Mushroom-to-be - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Mushroom's reproductive cell - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Future mushroom - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Germ - used 9 times, most recently in 2008
• Mold's origin - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Mushroom seed - used 6 times, most recently in 2021

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.

• Seed covering - TESTA, used 54 times
• Seed coverings - ARILS, used 47 times
• Seed coat - TESTA, used 34 times
• Seed coating - TESTA, used 30 times
• Rudimentary seed - OVULE, used 26 times
• Seed covers - ARILS, used 25 times

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