Get the answer to the NYT Spelling Bee clue “This starch can be mashed, baked, fried, etc.”, starting with the letters po.
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noun
- Sweet potato
- An erect South American herb (Solanum tuberosum) of the nightshade family widely cultivated for its edible starchy tuber
- The tuber of a potato
noun
- Colorado potato beetle
noun
- Any of several destructive fungus diseases of the potato
noun
- Colorado potato beetle
noun
- A thin slice of white potato that has been cooked until crisp and then usually salted
noun
- A small green white-spotted leafhopper (Empoasca fabae) especially of the eastern and southern U.S. that is a serious pest on many cultivated plants and especially on the potato
noun
- A fried flat cake of grated potato mixed with raw egg and usually grated onion and spices
noun
- A grayish-brown moth (Phthorimaea operculella) whose larva mines the leaves and bores in the stems and tubers of the potato plant and often attacks other solanaceous plants (such as tobacco and tomato)
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- A thin slice of potato that is fried or sometimes baked and usually salted
"a bag of potato crisps"
noun
- A black-and-yellow striped beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) that feeds on the leaves of the potato
This clue was used on September 29, 2025.