Crossword Path

Find words for crosswords, Scrabble and word games

Word entry · 5 letters

thorn

Best crossword clue

"Rose stem sticker"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /θɔːn/Part of speech nounSorted hnortStarts with TEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
1T2H3O4R5N

Definitions

  1. something that causes irritation and annoyance

Word origin

From Middle English thorn, þorn, from Old English þorn, from Proto-West Germanic *þorn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós, from *(s)ter- (“stiff”).

Used in a sentence

  • On the mountains a few junipers and piñons are found, and cactuses, agave, and yuccas, low, fleshy plants with bayonets and thorns.
  • the white thorn
  • the cockspur thorn

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues

01Rose stem sticker5 letters

Not quite right?

"Search similar patterns."

T____

Related words