Informal name for bistort, also describing its twisted roots Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Informal name for bistort, also describing its twisted roots last seen in Times Specialist Sunday puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 9 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is SNAKEWEED.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SNAKEWEED Informal name for bistort, also describing its twisted roots (9) The Times Specialist Sunday May 5, 2019
4% SWEDE Root vegetable (5) The Telegraph Plusword Nov 6, 2025
4% ELIHU Statesman Root (5) Thomas Joseph Nov 5, 2025
4% GENETIC Hereditary information on name that's turned up (7) The Telegraph Toughie Nov 5, 2025
4% CONTORTED Twisted, bent (9) Puzzler Backwords Nov 2, 2025
4% UNCAP Twist open (5) Newsday Oct 31, 2025
4% TAFFY Twist it! Pull it! (5) New York Times Mini Oct 29, 2025
4% POP Music genre that's also the name of an *NSYNC song (3) USA Today Oct 29, 2025
4% MAY Name that's also a month (3) USA Today Oct 25, 2025
4% IRONY Humor with a twist (5)

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