Answer to "A wife" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word RIB , but the solution may also be FEME which is one of the most recent solution (1947 in New York Times).

A wife crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
RIB	50 %	3
FEME	50 %	4

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: A wife

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• bride
• child
• couple
• family
• female
• females
• gender
• girl
• handcuffs
• husband
• lady
• man

Crossword Answer definitions

RIB noun

1. Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum
2. A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something
3. A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones
4. Any of several curved members attached to a ship's keel and extending upward and outward to form the framework of the hull
5. Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength
6. A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault
7. A raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth
8. The main, or any of the prominent veins of a leaf
9. A teasing joke
10. A single strand of hair.
11. A stalk of celery.
12. (archaic, literary, humorous) A wife or woman.

RIB verb

1. To shape, support, or provide something with a rib or ribs.
2. To tease or make fun of someone in a good-natured way.
3. To enclose, as if with ribs, and protect; to shut in.
4. To leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in ploughing (land).

RIB noun

1. Hound's-tongue (Cynoglossum officinale).
2. Costmary (Tanacetum balsamita).
3. Watercress (Nasturtium officinale).

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 RIB

• Adam's donation
• Prime _____
• Umbrella part
• Barbecue treat
• Make fun of
• Prime __ (wedding fare)
• __-tickling
• Barbecue bit
• Eve's origin
• Mock with good-humor

More clues leading to the result FEME

• A wife.
• A woman or wife, in legal parlance.
• Wife, as used in legal phrases.
• Wife, in law.
• ___ sole, single woman: Law.
• In law, a wife.
• Wife: Law.
• Woman, in law.
• Woman, in law
• Woman, in lawyers' lingo