The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word MOORS which also is the latest solution we found used in Boston Globe in 2008.
Anchors crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MOORS | 83 % | 5 |
| KEDGES | 17 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Anchors
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- ground tackle
- cast anchor
- drop anchor
- linchpin
- ground
- lynchpin
- anchorman
- anchorperson
- mainstay
- backbone
- anchorages
- bookmarks
Crossword Answer definitions
MOORS noun- An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath
- A game preserve consisting of moorland.
- To cast anchor or become fastened.
- To fix or secure (e.g. a vessel) in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with ropes, cables or chains or the like
- To secure or fix firmly.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result MOORS
- Invaders of Spain
- Secures firmly, as a boat to a pier
- Anchors
- Othello and his countrymen
- Ties up the boat
- 8th century invaders of Spain
- Drops anchor
- Marshy tracts
- Conquerors of Granada
- Peaty wastelands