Clues for the word "GERM"
We've had 116 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 344 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily American crossword on February 14, 2026.
Definition of germ
- n. - That which is to develop a new individual; as, the germ of a fetus, of a plant or flower, and the like; the earliest form under which an organism appears.
- n. - That from which anything springs; origin; first principle; as, the germ of civil liberty.
- v. i. - To germinate.
Referring Clues
- Microbe
- Kind of warfare
- Starting point
- Disease cause
- Idea's beginning
- Origin, as of an idea
- Start of an idea
- It can make you sick
- It's sickening
- Spark
- It might make you sick
- Beginning, as of an idea
- Listerine target
- Antibiotic target
- Word with cell or warfare
- Cold cause
- Wheat ___ (health food purchase)
- Bacterium
- Word after wheat
- Seed or spore
- Beginning
- Sanitizer's target
- Disinfectant target
- Sterilization target
- Seed of an idea
- Idea's start
- Disease agent
- Birth of a notion
- Seed
- Lysol victim
- Disinfectant victim
- Beginning of an idea
- Bug
- Virus source
- Rudiment
- Disinfectant's target
- Bug's beginning?
- Type of warfare
- Start, as of an idea
- "Cootie"
- Basis
- Lysol target
- Sepsis cause
- Purel target
- It may be what ails you
- Microscope view
- It may be sickening
- Basis of an idea
- Pathogen
- Start (of an idea)
- Sickness spreader
- Start of a 69 Across
- 'Cootie'
- Cold starter
- Purell target
- Micro organism
- Kernel of an idea
- Wheat ___, a healthfood purchase
- Idea beginning
- Microorganism
- This causes a cold
- Antiseptic's target
- Pathogenic microorganism
- Idea's genesis
- Wheat ___
- Thought starter
- Word before theory or warfare
- Ultimate basis
- Genesis of an idea
- Hypochondriac's fear
- Bug "caught" by 17- and 59-Across and 10- and 24-Down
- Harmful microorganism
- Infection cause
- ___ warfare
- Target for a disinfectant wipe
- "Bug"
- Infection carrier
- Antiseptic target
- Hand sanitizer target
- Pat Smear?
- Unhealthy Otep song?
- Diseased Subhumans song?
- One of the larger microbes?
- Mrs Merkel, say, in need of a new starting-point?
- Microorganism causing disease
- Queen involved in doctored seed
- Seed, as of an idea
- Sickening thing
- Bacterium setting off rubella
- Microbe, bacterium
- Origin of Danger Mouse
- European misses out on a new beginning
- Cause of a cold
- Wheat nucleus
- Tiny creature that makes you sick
- "Bug" that's not an insect
- Handwashing target
- Target of an antiseptic
- Heart of the wheat
- Hand-washer's target
- Hand sanitizer victim
- Start of something
- Hand sanitizer's target
- Infection-causing bacterium
- Infectious microorganism
- Disinfectant spray's target
- Start of a 14-Across
- A little thing requiring some danger money
- Ultimate inspiration
- Origin
- One of the larger microbes?
- Beginning stage
- "Do you, my poppet, feel infirm? / You probably contain a ___": Ogden Nash
- The ___ of an idea
- Infectious microbe
- Genesis
Last Seen In
- Daily American - February 14, 2026
- LA Times - February 08, 2026
- New York Times - December 07, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 07, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 15, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 10, 2025
- Daily American - June 23, 2025
- Daily American - June 07, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - June 06, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 29, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 24, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 10, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 09, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 05, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 22, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 09, 2025
- New York Times - December 05, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 01, 2024
- USA Today - October 24, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - August 29, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - August 09, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - July 24, 2024
- Mirror Daily - July 22, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - May 21, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - May 01, 2024
- Mirror Daily - March 19, 2024
- Family Time - March 17, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - February 27, 2024
- Daily American - February 24, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - February 23, 2024
- And in 314 more crossword puzzles...