The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word HOOK which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1966.
Anchor: Slang crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HOOK | 100 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Anchor: Slang
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- hook
- submersible
- arm
- cat
- drag
- iron
- nut
- peg
- pitch
- ride
- rope
- spud
Crossword Answer definitions
HOOK noun- A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
- A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.
- Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.
- The curved needle used in the art of crochet.
- The part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
- A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, for example, g and j.
- A tie-in to a current event or trend that makes a news story or editorial relevant and timely.
- A snare; a trap.
- (in the plural) The projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bones.
- Removal or expulsion from a group or activity
- A field sown two years in succession.
- (authorship) A brief, punchy opening statement intended to get attention from an audience, reader, or viewer, and make them want to continue to listen to a speech, read a book, or watch a play.
- (authorship) A gimmick or element of a creative work intended to be attention-grabbing for the audience; a compelling idea for a story that will be sure to attract people's attention.
- A finesse.
- A jack (the playing card).
- A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end, such as Sandy Hook in New Jersey.
- A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.
- A ship's anchor.
- Part of a system's operation that can be intercepted to change or augment its behaviour.
- (Scrabble) An instance of playing a word perpendicular to a word already on the board, adding a letter to the start or the end of the word to form a new word.
- A diacritical mark shaped like the upper part of a question mark, as in ỏ.
- A háček.
- Senses relating to sports.
- To attach a hook to.
- To catch with a hook (hook a fish).
- To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.
- To insert in a curved way reminiscent of a hook.
- To ensnare or obligate someone, as if with a hook.
- To steal.
- To connect (hook into, hook together).
- (usually in passive) To make addicted; to captivate.
- To play a hook shot.
- To succeed in heeling the ball back out of a scrum (used particularly of the team's designated hooker).
- To engage in the illegal maneuver of hooking (i.e., using the hockey stick to trip or block another player)
- To swerve a ball; kick a ball so it swerves or bends.
- To engage in prostitution.
- (Scrabble) To play a word perpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word.
- To finesse.
- To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.
- To move or go with a sudden turn.
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