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Animal that's a plant backward

Last seen in Universal Crossword February 21, 2021 Answers

Need the answer to "Animal that's a plant backward" from the Universal Crossword puzzle dated February 21, 2021? We've got you covered. Our database contains 145 possible solutions for this clue. The most probable answer is DEER at 4 letters long, with a 99% confidence rating derived from historical crossword data.

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145 Other Potential Answers

99%
DEER
Animal that's a plant backward
Universal Crossword · Feb 21, 2021
8%
BANANATREE
Fruit producer that's actually an herbaceous plant
Universal Crossword · Feb 7, 2026
8%
EMIL
Name that's a sour fruit backward
Universal Crossword · Sep 16, 2025
8%
NOEL
"N" name that's an "L" name backward
Universal Crossword · Aug 2, 2025
4%
SEDGE
Grasslike plant
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 24, 2026
4%
ASS
Braying pack animal
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 14, 2026
4%
FLEABANE
Flowering plant once believed to repel pests
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 20, 2026
4%
RHINO
Big horned animal
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 18, 2026
4%
AGAVE
Tequila plant
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 5, 2026
4%
SAGUAROCACTUS
Long-lived plant native to the Sonoran Desert
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 3, 2026
4%
RAM
Aries animal
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 20, 2026
4%
SEAGAN
One with a plant- and fish-based diet
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 14, 2026
4%
WEED
Invasive plant
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 16, 2026
4%
STAG
Antlered animal
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 5, 2026
4%
LLAMA
Quechua pack animal
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 5, 2026
4%
PERENNIAL
Reliable plant
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 29, 2026
4%
GOAT
Best, in modern lingo ... or a farm animal
Universal Crossword · Apr 16, 2026
4%
SEAL
Barking animal
Universal Crossword · Apr 11, 2026
4%
DNA
Molecule found backward in 22-Down
Universal Crossword · Apr 11, 2026
4%
ELK
Antlered animal
Universal Crossword · Apr 11, 2026
4%
BEAR
Brown or polar animal
Universal Crossword · Apr 5, 2026
4%
HOSTA
Shade-loving plant
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 5, 2026
4%
MEESE
Plural form of an antlered animal, humorously
Universal Crossword · Apr 4, 2026
4%
BEE
One goes "zzub" when flying backward, in a joke
Universal Crossword · Apr 1, 2026
4%
HOPS
Brewing plant
Universal Crossword · Mar 30, 2026
4%
SEAPICKLE
Marine animal with a cylindrical body, once processed?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 27, 2026
4%
PRAT
Twit, to a Brit ... or a waterproof cover backward
Universal Crossword · Mar 25, 2026
4%
GLORY
Morning ___ (flowering plant)
Universal Crossword · Mar 22, 2026
4%
OONA
Name hidden in "balloon animal"
Universal Crossword · Mar 21, 2026
4%
ARBORDAY
Occasion to plant a tree
Universal Crossword · Mar 20, 2026
4%
RABIES
Concern after an animal bite
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 13, 2026
4%
SUNBEAR
Stellar-sounding animal native to Southeast Asia
Universal Crossword · Mar 2, 2026
4%
UNDO
Click a backward arrow, maybe
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 1, 2026
4%
NELLE
Name found backward in "excellent"
Universal Crossword · Feb 28, 2026
4%
VEGAN
One who eschews animal products
Universal Crossword · Feb 18, 2026
4%
ALOE
Wound-treating plant in ancient Greece and Egypt
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 9, 2026
4%
PRAIRIEDOG
Burrowing animal that isn't a canine, despite its name
Universal Crossword · Feb 1, 2026
4%
THORN
Sharp part of a century plant
Universal Crossword · Jan 30, 2026
4%
ROO
Aussie animal
Universal Crossword · Jan 24, 2026
4%
ANOTTERYOUCANTREFUSE
Irresistibly cute river animal?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 11, 2026
4%
TOBACCO
Sacred plant in many indigenous cultures
Universal Crossword · Dec 25, 2025
4%
REED
Wetlands plant
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 22, 2025
4%
BISON
Yellowstone animal
Universal Crossword · Dec 15, 2025
4%
STEER
Cattle ranch animal
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 1, 2025
4%
MOLE
Burrowing animal
Universal Crossword · Nov 24, 2025
4%
CHIA
"Pet" plant
Universal Crossword · Nov 21, 2025
4%
PET
Companion animal
Universal Crossword · Nov 15, 2025
4%
OVER
Bend ___ backward
Universal Crossword · Nov 11, 2025
4%
NEOPET
Virtual animal such as Xweetok
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 9, 2025
4%
STRAY
Many a shelter animal
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 7, 2025
4%
BADSNAP
*Problematic backward pass in football
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 4, 2025
4%
VINE
Tomato plant, e.g.
Universal Crossword · Nov 2, 2025
4%
MOSS
Rootless plant used in some street art
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 31, 2025
4%
YUCCA
Flowering desert plant with swordlike leaves
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 30, 2025
4%
HERBALESSENCES
Shampoo brand that claims to be "plant obsessed," and what 20-, 34-, and 43-Across all have
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 29, 2025
4%
HEMP
Cannabis plant
Universal Crossword · Oct 26, 2025
4%
CRISSCROSS
Pattern for shoelaces or the starred clues' answers (forward and backward!)
Universal Crossword · Oct 24, 2025
4%
SLOTH
A deadly sin, or an animal
Universal Crossword · Oct 23, 2025
4%
SAILFISH
Fast marine animal named for a ship part
Universal Crossword · Oct 22, 2025
4%
OTTER
Sea animal with "pockets" to store food and tools
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 15, 2025
4%
MASTER
Learn backward and forward
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 3, 2025
4%
DONKEY
Party animal?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 1, 2025
4%
YOGA
Lenovo laptop whose screen bends over backward
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 21, 2025
4%
CABOT
Vermont creamery hidden backward in "back-to-back"
Universal Crossword · Sep 14, 2025
4%
RAGWEED
Pollen-producing plant
Universal Crossword · Sep 11, 2025
4%
KYRA
Name hidden backward in "Mary-Kate"
Universal Crossword · Sep 11, 2025
4%
RIA
Coastal inlet, or 27-Down backward
Universal Crossword · Sep 4, 2025
4%
LOVE
Word found backward in "benevolence"
Universal Crossword · Sep 2, 2025
4%
MAJA
Goya subject hidden backward in "Etta James"
Universal Crossword · Aug 31, 2025
4%
HIPPO
"Hungry hungry" animal in a kids game
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 31, 2025
4%
ANTELOPE
"Home on the Range" animal
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 28, 2025
4%
SOBE
Drink brand hidden backward in "Cake Boss"
Universal Crossword · Aug 26, 2025
4%
NOTSO
"You've got it backward"
Universal Crossword · Aug 20, 2025
4%
NETTLE
Stinging plant
Universal Crossword · Aug 19, 2025
4%
LIMP
Like an underwatered plant
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 10, 2025
4%
ALPACA
Woolly Andean animal
Universal Crossword · Jul 28, 2025
4%
POD
Vanilla plant feature
Universal Crossword · Jul 27, 2025
4%
SEAANEMONE
Marine animal that resembles a flower
Universal Crossword · Jul 21, 2025
4%
MIMIC
___ octopus (animal that can change color to disguise itself)
Universal Crossword · Jul 20, 2025
4%
SABLE
Furry animal native to Siberia
Universal Crossword · Jul 16, 2025
4%
ARK
Big boat that held animal pairs
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 30, 2025
4%
GIRAFFE
World ___ Day (June 21 celebration of the animal pictured in this grid)
Universal Crossword · Jun 21, 2025
4%
NEOPETS
Virtual animal fad of the early 2000s
Universal Crossword · Jun 20, 2025
4%
OPIATE
Poppy plant derivative
Universal Crossword · Jun 5, 2025
4%
POT
Place to plant a plant
Universal Crossword · Jun 4, 2025
4%
LION
Cowardly animal in Oz
Universal Crossword · May 21, 2025
4%
COW
Sacred Hindu animal
Universal Crossword · May 18, 2025
4%
HSN
TV channel hidden backward in "open shop"
Universal Crossword · May 18, 2025
4%
ORCA
Black-and-white animal
Universal Crossword · May 17, 2025
4%
TOY
Stuffed animal or Slinky
Universal Crossword · May 9, 2025
4%
RAT
Chinese zodiac animal
Universal Crossword · May 2, 2025
4%
TEASEL
Prickly plant
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · May 1, 2025
4%
ARBOR
___ Day (occasion to plant a tree)
Universal Crossword · Apr 22, 2025
4%
DEB
Name that appears backward in the next clue
Universal Crossword · Apr 15, 2025
4%
MOOSE
Antlered animal
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Apr 4, 2025
4%
ENO
Musician whose surname is a number backward
Universal Crossword · Mar 23, 2025
1%
REPOT
Move, as a root-bound houseplant
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 21, 2026
1%
WATERIN
Hydrate right after planting, as seedlings
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 22, 2026
1%
ALPACAS
Pack animals known for spitting
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 20, 2026
1%
CACTI
Prickly plants
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 17, 2026
1%
GRAFT
Botanical transplant
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 23, 2026
1%
EMBED
Implant
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 7, 2026
1%
MISTER
Houseplant sprayer
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 7, 2026
1%
WAVETHEWHITEFLAX
Show off very pale linseed plants?
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 10, 2026
1%
MERRYGOROUND
Carnival ride with seats shaped like animals
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 27, 2026
1%
VINESNOB
Gardener who only plants the most exquisite ivy?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 17, 2026
1%
VET
Doc who might implant a microchip
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 13, 2026
1%
FERN
Common houseplant
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 26, 2026
1%
OWLS
Birds whose young sometimes face-plant to sleep
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 24, 2026
1%
WEEDS
Unwanted garden plants
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 23, 2026
1%
APES
"Great" animals
Universal Crossword · Mar 14, 2026
1%
IDCHIPS
Pet-tracking implants
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 11, 2026
1%
NOAH
Biblical rescuer of animals
Universal Crossword · Feb 12, 2026
1%
RAMS
Aries animals
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 25, 2026
1%
STENT
Vessel implant
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 17, 2026
1%
OKRAS
Mallow family plants with edible seed pods
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 27, 2025
1%
BEASTS
__ of burden: plow-pulling animals
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 23, 2025
1%
UINS
Large garden planters
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 21, 2025
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ASSES
Stubborn animals
Universal Crossword · Dec 19, 2025
1%
FLORA
Indigenous plants
Universal Crossword · Nov 28, 2025
1%
MISTS
Waters gently, as a houseplant
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 25, 2025
1%
DOCILE
Like animals in a petting zoo, ideally
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 18, 2025
1%
EATSIT
Face-plants
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 16, 2025
1%
CATSHOWS
Judged events for pedigreed and companion animals
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 20, 2025
1%
ALOES
Burn-soothing plants
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 14, 2025
1%
ASPS
Hieroglyphic animals
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 30, 2025
1%
AGAVES
Tequila plants
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 29, 2025
1%
HOSTAS
Shade-loving plants with broad leaves
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 24, 2025
1%
HOTFUZZIES
Stuffed animals that go viral?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 22, 2025
1%
CATS
Self-grooming animals
Universal Crossword · Aug 20, 2025
1%
BULB
Garden bed planting
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 17, 2025
1%
OUST
Supplant
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 17, 2025
1%
ANTS
Six-legged farm animals
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 16, 2025
1%
TISSUEBOX
Container that can be repurposed as a biodegradable planter for seedlings
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 16, 2025
1%
ALPINE
Like plants that grow at high elevations
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 6, 2025
1%
CROP
Harvested plants
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 31, 2025
1%
IVIED
Like plant-covered walls
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 15, 2025
1%
OATS
Source of some plant-based milk
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 14, 2025
1%
SHEEP
Woolly animals
Universal Crossword · May 25, 2025
1%
WINDFARMS
Certain power plants
Universal Crossword · May 25, 2025
1%
RHINOS
Heavy animals seen on safaris
Universal Crossword · May 5, 2025
1%
GOATYOGA
Exercise with barnyard animals
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 5, 2025
1%
STENTS
Cardiology implants
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 2, 2025
1%
SILICONE
***Material in some implants
Universal Crossword · Apr 10, 2025
1%
HERBS
Medicinal or savory plants
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 28, 2025

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How many possible solutions does "Animal that's a plant backward" have?
We found 1 exact solution and 145 total potential answers including similar clues. The most likely answer is DEER (4 letters).
What is the best answer for "Animal that's a plant backward"?
The best answer for "Animal that's a plant backward" is DEER with 4 letters. This answer has a 99% confidence rating based on our database of crossword solutions.
Where has "Animal that's a plant backward" been used as a crossword clue?
This clue has appeared 1 time in our database. It has been featured in Universal Crossword. It was last seen in the Universal Crossword on February 21, 2021.
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