Sticking point
The crossword clue "Sticking point" is answered by THORN, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1998. 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 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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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
- Prickle - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
- 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
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.
- To the point - TERSE, used 194 times
- Low point - NADIR, used 157 times
- Lowest point - NADIR, used 150 times
- West Point student - CADET, used 102 times
- Point of view - ANGLE, used 85 times
- Strong point - FORTE, used 73 times
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