Sunflower support

The answer

STEM

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

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Stanch - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• 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
• 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

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