Starchy tubers
The crossword clue "Starchy tubers" is answered by YAMS, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
YAMS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the YAMS answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for YAMS
Every other clue in this collection answered by YAMS, most used first.
- Sweet potatoes - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Thanksgiving dish - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
- Orange veggies - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Thanksgiving side dish - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Thanksgiving veggies - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Orange tubers - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Vegetables. - used 16 times, most recently in 1971
- Edible tubers - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
- Thanksgiving tubers - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Candied items - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
- Thanksgiving side - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Candied veggies - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Tasty tubers - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- Sweet tubers - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Candied tubers - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Thanksgiving staple - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Candied side dish - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Southern roots - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Orange edibles - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Thanksgiving staples - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Thanksgiving treats - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
- Tubers - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
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.
- Andean tubers - OCAS, used 15 times
- Edible tubers - OCAS, used 15 times
- Starchy foodstuff - SAGO, used 13 times
- Starchy plant - TARO, used 12 times
- Starchy tuber - TARO, used 11 times
- Starchy tropical root - TARO, used 9 times
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