Prickle
The crossword clue "Prickle" is answered by THORN, a 5-letter entry. Used 17 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
THORN
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the THORN answer page.
Used 17 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 5 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.
- ECHIN (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for THORN
Every other clue in this collection answered by THORN, most used first.
- Rose protector - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
- Rose feature - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Sticker - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Androcles' extraction - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
- Rosebush sticker - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Irritant in one's side - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Spine. - used 7 times, most recently in 1989
- Rose hazard - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Sticking point - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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- Spud - TATER, used 314 times
- Lukewarm - TEPID, used 252 times
- Doctrine - TENET, used 234 times
- Rich cake - TORTE, used 234 times
- Characteristic - TRAIT, used 226 times
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