Pacific tuber

The answer

TARO

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

Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for TARO

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

• Poi source - used 178 times, most recently in 2026
• Poi base - used 122 times, most recently in 2026
• Tropical tuber - used 88 times, most recently in 2026
• Poi ingredient - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Edible root - used 49 times, most recently in 2025
• Source of poi - used 46 times, most recently in 2024
• Hawaiian tuber - used 41 times, most recently in 2025
• Elephant's-ear - used 38 times, most recently in 2016
• Poi root - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Poi plant - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Tropical root - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Edible tuber - used 17 times, most recently in 2013
• South Seas staple - used 14 times, most recently in 2011
• Starch source - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
• Bubble tea flavor - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Hawaiian root - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Starchy plant - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
• Tropical plant. - used 12 times, most recently in 1999
• Poi, essentially - used 11 times, most recently in 2013
• Starchy tuber - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• Tropical food staple - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• Edible rootstock - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
• Poi, basically - used 9 times, most recently in 2009
• Root for Hawaiians - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Starchy tropical root - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Edible Pacific tuber - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Hawaiian staple - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Luau staple - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Pacific aroid - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
• Poi need - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Root vegetable used to make poi - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Hawaiian food staple - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Pacific root - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• South Seas tuber - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• Starchy root - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Starchy tropical plant - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Tropical root vegetable - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Tropical starch source - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Edible tuber of Polynesia - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Luau root - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Polynesian staple - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Popular bubble tea flavor - 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.

• Pacific salmon - COHO, used 44 times
• Pinza of "South Pacific" - EZIO, used 35 times
• "___ Ha'i" ("South Pacific" song) - BALI, used 25 times
• Pacific island nation - FIJI, used 24 times
• South Pacific nation - FIJI, used 22 times
• Pacific island - GUAM, used 13 times

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