Unwanted growth
The crossword clue "Unwanted growth" is answered by WEED, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
WEED
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WEED answer page.
Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2001. 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.
- CRABGRASS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for WEED
Every other clue in this collection answered by WEED, most used first.
- Garden intruder - used 91 times, most recently in 2026
- Unwanted plant - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Hoe target - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Dandelion, e.g. - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Garden invader - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Garden nuisance - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
- Dandelion, for one - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Herbicide target - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
- Dandelion or crabgrass - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Lawn invader - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
- Unwanted garden plant - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Garden annoyance - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Garden pest - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Gardener's bane - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Lawn intruder - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
- Marijuana - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Do some gardening - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Work in the garden - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Do garden work - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Herbicide victim - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Crab grass, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Dandelion. - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
- Pull up dandelions - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Unwanted garden growth - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Unwanted lawn plant - 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.
- Unwanted email - SPAM, used 106 times
- Pond growth - ALGA, used 64 times
- Unwanted e-mail - SPAM, used 63 times
- Forest growth - MOSS, used 52 times
- Marsh growth - REED, used 52 times
- Grove growth - TREE, used 40 times
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