Stanch

The answer

STEM

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STEM answer page.

Used 21 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1949. It appears in 7 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.

• ARREST (1 uses in xd)
• TRUEBLUE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for STEM

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

• Flower stalk - used 153 times, most recently in 2026
• Goblet feature - used 116 times, most recently in 2026
• Goblet part - used 115 times, most recently in 2026
• Pipe part - used 101 times, most recently in 2025
• Flower part - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
• Wineglass part - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
• Check - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
• Flower holder - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Originate (from) - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Arise (from) - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Hold back - used 43 times, most recently in 2024
• Stalk - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
• Rose part - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Watch part - used 35 times, most recently in 2017
• Plant part - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Wineglass feature - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Restrain - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
• Stern's opposite - used 29 times, most recently in 2022
• Mushroom part - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Flower support - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
• Arrest - used 25 times, most recently in 2012
• Champagne flute part - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of a wineglass - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Bud holder - used 23 times, most recently in 2022
• Originate - used 23 times, most recently in 2020
• Wine glass feature - used 22 times, most recently in 2018
• Plant stalk - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Cherry discard - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Academic acronym - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Flower feature - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Education acronym for four fields of study - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of a goblet - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Sunflower supporter - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Dam up - used 15 times, most recently in 2012
• Derive (from) - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Florist's cutting - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Flower supporter - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of a flower - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Cherry throwaway - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
• Part of a pipe - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Prow. - used 14 times, most recently in 2006
• Rose supporter - used 14 times, most recently in 2013
• Watch winder - used 14 times, most recently in 2019
• Blossom support - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
• ___ cell research - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
• Wine glass part - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
• Blossom holder - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
• Education acronym - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Flute part - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Champagne glass part - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Cherry part - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Flower's support - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Mushroom piece - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• Mushroom morsel - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Part of a wine glass - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Stalk of bananas - used 10 times, most recently in 2007
• Fruit holder - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Halt - used 9 times, most recently in 2007
• Kind of cell - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Slow down, in skiing. - used 9 times, most recently in 1966
• Thorny part of a rose - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Apple topper - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Arise - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Blossom supporter - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Branch - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Curtail - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Educational acronym - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• From __ to stern - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Musical note part - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Part of a rose - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• ___ the tide - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Apple attachment - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Bunch of bananas. - used 7 times, most recently in 1969
• Mushroom stalk - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Opposite of stern. - used 7 times, most recently in 2005
• Plant support - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Sunflower stalk - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Sunflower support - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Thorn site - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Bouquet part - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Brain part - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Bud support - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Come (from) - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Curb - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• It's on the watch - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
• Modern education acronym - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Part of a dandelion - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Snifter part - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Stern's counterpart - used 6 times, most recently in 2012

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.

• Wild guess - STAB, used 480 times
• Appear - SEEM, used 451 times
• Ooze - SEEP, used 449 times
• "Auld Lang ___" - SYNE, used 447 times
• Withered - SERE, used 400 times
• Location - SITE, used 390 times

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