The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word FIN , but the solution may also be WING which is one of the most recent solution (2001 in Chronicle of Higher Education).
Airfoil crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FIN | 73 % | 3 |
| WING | 13 % | 4 |
| RUDDER | 7 % | 6 |
| FLAP | 7 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Airfoil
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- aerofoil
- control surface
- surface
- cambered
- aerofoils
- tailplane
- turbomachine
- spanwise
- tailplanes
- planform
- aeromechanics
- aeroelasticity
Crossword Answer definitions
FIN noun- One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.
- A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal.
- A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft.
- A similar structure on the tail of a bomb, used to help keep it on course.
- A hairstyle, resembling the fin of a fish, in which the hair is combed and set into a vertical ridge along the top of the head from about the crown to the forehead.
- A device worn by divers and swimmers on their feet.
- An extending part on a surface of a radiator, engine, heatsink, etc., used to facilitate cooling.
- A sharp raised edge (generally in concrete) capable of damaging a roof membrane or vapor retarder.
- To cut the fins from a fish, shark, etc.
- (Of a fish) to swim with the dorsal fin above the surface of the water.
- To swim in the manner of a fish.
- To provide (a motor vehicle etc) with fins.
- (formerly Australia) a five-pound (£5) note; the sum of five pounds.
- A five-dollar bill; the sum of five dollars.
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 FIN
- '59 Caddy adornment
- Fiver
- Shark's appendage
- Feature of 50's autos
- Shark sighting, often
- 60's car appendage
- A shark's scares you in the water
- Abe
- Shark Week sighting
- Shark sighting sight
More clues leading to the result WING
- Buffalo ___
- Throw
- Airfoil
- Flapper?
- Addition
- Buck's partner
- Injure slightly, in a gunfight
- Hockey position
- Chicken piece
- KFC selection
More clues leading to the result RUDDER
- Sailing aid
- Liner guide
- Stern steerer
- Boat projection
- Guidance device
- Steering mechanism
- Blade with a tiller
- Boat blade
- Ship or plane part
- Steering aid