The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word REAR , but the solution may also be SHIN which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).
___ guard crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| REAR | 36 % | 4 |
| LEFT | 9 % | 4 |
| SHIN | 9 % | 4 |
| HONOR | 9 % | 5 |
| ELITE | 9 % | 5 |
| RIGHT | 9 % | 5 |
| OLD | 9 % | 3 |
| NATIONAL | 9 % | 8 |
Why may SHIN be the right solution?
The answer "SHIN" fits the clue "___ guard" because a shin guard is a protective gear worn to protect the shin during physical activities like sports.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: ___ guard
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- ward
- bodyguard
- defend
- hold
- safety
- guard duty
- sentry duty
- sentry go
- guardian
- sentinel
- warden
- warder
Crossword Answer definitions
REAR verb- To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
- (said of people towards animals) To breed and raise.
- To rise up on the hind legs
- (usually with "up") To get angry.
- To rise high above, tower above.
- To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.
- To construct by building; to set up
- To raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally.
- To lift and take up.
- To rouse; to strip up.
- To move; stir.
- (of geese) To carve.
- (regional, obsolete) To revive, bring to life, quicken. (only in the phrase, to rear to life)
- (of eggs) Underdone; nearly raw.
- (of meats) Rare.
- The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last on order; - opposed to front.
- Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.
- The buttocks, a creature's bottom
- To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.
- To sodomize (perform anal sex)
- Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost
- Early; soon
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result REAR
- Bring up
- Hitchcock's "____ Window"
- Hitchcock's window
- Kind of guard or end
- Last one brings it up
- Rise high in the air
- Backseat
- Duff
- Hindquarters
- Stern
More clues leading to the result LEFT
- Dobbin's haw
- Hit the road
- Gone
- Kind of hook
- Not right
- Got out of town
- Progressive people, with "the"
- Pulled out
- Deserted
- Pulled up stakes
More clues leading to the result SHIN
- Leg part
- __ splints (jogger's woe)
- Climb, as a tree
- Knee-ankle connection
- Tibia locale
- Place for a guard
- Leg bone
- ___ splints
- It's guarded on a soccer pitch
- Tibia
More clues leading to the result HONOR
- Privilege of driving first
- "Prizzi's ___"
- "____ thy father and mother"
- Kind of roll
- Special roll
- Type of roll
- Pay tribute to
- High card
- Ten or higher, in bridge
- High respect
More clues leading to the result ELITE
- Cream of the crop
- Creme de la creme
- Social Register folks
- Superior group
- Very distinguished
- Best of a group
- Group's best part
- High class
- High-class
- Type size
More clues leading to the result RIGHT
- Kind of stuff, from a Wolfe novel
- Not wrong
- "ikr" part
- Not wrong.
- "Agreed"
- Appropriate
- Item in a bill
- Synonym of 69 Down
- Dextral
- Just
More clues leading to the result OLD
- Like Methuselah
- Like the hills?
- Passe
- __ Nick (Satan)
- Hardly a spring chicken
- Immemorial
- Like MacDonald
- On in years
- Out of fashion
- Pre-Columbian