How many letters does the answer have?

The answer TENDRIL has 7 letters.

When was this clue last used?

This clue was most recently seen in 2025.

How difficult is this clue?

We rate this clue as Easy difficulty.

NOUN: “a leaf, stipule, or stem modified into a slender spirally coiling sensitive organ serving to attach a climbing plant to its support” Crossword Clue Answer

Q: What is the answer to "NOUN: "a leaf, stipule, or stem modified into a slender spirally coiling sensitive organ serving to attach a climbing plant to its support""?

The most common answer is TENDRIL. However, there is 1 possible answer to this clue.

Stuck on NOUN: "a leaf, stipule, or stem modified into a slender spirally coiling sensitive organ serving to attach a climbing plant to its support"? The answer is 7 letters and was featured in the September 19, 2025 Missing Letter crossword. Get the solution here.

NOUN: "a leaf, stipule, or stem modified into a slender spirally coiling sensitive organ serving to attach a climbing plant to its support" Crossword Answer

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Hint 1 meaning

Hint 2 clue words

Noun: a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action

Leaf: the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants

Stipule: a small leafy outgrowth at the base of a leaf or its stalk; usually occurring in pairs and soon shed

Stem: remove the stem from

Modified: changed in form or character

Slender: being of delicate or slender build

Spirally: with spirals

Coiling: in the shape of a coil

Sensitive: responsive to physical stimuli

Organ: a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function

Serve: serve a purpose, role, or function

Attach: cause to be attached

Climb: move with difficulty, by grasping

Plant: put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground

Support: give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to

Hint 3 anagram

Other Missing Letter Clues (9/19/25)

1A: NOUN: "the attribute of colors that permits them to be classed as red, yellow, green, blue, or an intermediate between any contiguous pair of these colors"

4A: NOUN: "a person given to [fooling around]"

9A: ADJECTIVE: "having a tendency"

10A: ADJECTIVE: "free from noise or uproar"

11A: VERB: "to leave immediately"

13A: BIOGRAPHICAL NAME: "a.d. 37–68...Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus originally Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus... Roman emperor 54–68"

18A: NOUN: "an often shoulder-length hairstyle with the ends of the hair rolled under"

20A: NOUN: "a book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions"

22A: Billy in "Titanic" and "Dead Calm"

23A: BIOGRAPHICAL NAME: "Giuseppe 1807–1882 Italian patriot"

NOUN: "a leaf, stipule, or stem modified into a slender spirally coiling sensitive organ serving to attach a climbing plant to its support" Crossword Clue FAQ

What is the 7-letter answer to "NOUN: "a leaf, stipule, or stem modified into a slender spirally coiling sensitive organ serving to attach a climbing plant to its support"" crossword clue?

The answer to the "NOUN: "a leaf, stipule, or stem modified into a slender spirally coiling sensitive organ serving to attach a climbing plant to its support"" crossword clue is TENDRIL. This answer contains 7 letters and was confirmed in the Missing Letter puzzle.

Which crossword used "NOUN: "a leaf, stipule, or stem modified into a slender spirally coiling sensitive organ serving to attach a climbing plant to its support"" clue?

This crossword clue most recently appeared in the Missing Letter puzzle on September 19, 2025. Daily crossword puzzles often reuse popular clues, so this clue may appear again in future puzzles from the same publication or others.

What is the meaning of TENDRIL?

The word TENDRIL means: slender stem-like structure by which some twining plants attach themselves to an object for support. This definition provides context for why it fits the crossword clue "NOUN: "a leaf, stipule, or stem modified into a slender spirally coiling sensitive organ serving to attach a climbing plant to its support"".