The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SPANS , but the solution may also be HUMPS which is one of the most recent solution (2008 in The Onion).
Arches crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SPANS | 22 % | 5 |
| INSTEPS | 22 % | 7 |
| HUMPS | 22 % | 5 |
| VAULTS | 11 % | 6 |
| OGIVES | 11 % | 6 |
| OGEES | 11 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Arches
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- archway
- head
- top
- curve
- arc
- boss
- chief
- patronising
- skilled
- superior
- important
- patronizing
Crossword Answer definitions
SPANS noun- The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; an eighth of a fathom.
- (by extension) A small space or a brief portion of time.
- A portion of something by length; a subsequence.
- The spread or extent of an arch or between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between supports.
- The length of a cable, wire, rope, chain between two consecutive supports.
- A rope having its ends made fast so that a purchase can be hooked to the bight; also, a rope made fast in the center so that both ends can be used.
- A pair of horses or other animals driven together; usually, such a pair of horses when similar in color, form, and action.
- The space of all linear combinations of something.
- The time required to execute a parallel algorithm on an infinite number of processors, i.e. the shortest distance across a directed acyclic graph representing the computation steps.
- To extend through the distance between or across.
- To extend through (a time period).
- To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object.
- To generate an entire space by means of linear combinations.
- To be matched, as horses.
- To fetter, as a horse; to hobble.
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 SPANS
- Bridges
- Reaches over
- Wings' measures
- Goes over
- Reaches across
- Runs across
- Goes across
- Bridge sections
- Straddles
- Traverses
More clues leading to the result INSTEPS
- Anatomical arches
- Sites for spats
- Shoe parts
- Sock sections
- Arches
- Foot parts.
- Parts of shoes
- Pedal parts
- Arch locales
- Tongues may cover them
More clues leading to the result HUMPS
- Bactrian pair
- Gets all up on
- Carries, as a rucksack
- Camel characteristics
- Camels' fat-storing spots
- Bisons' characteristics
- Features of camels
- Bactrian camel's pair
- Characteristics of bison.
- Cameline feature.
More clues leading to the result VAULTS
- Safe places
- Leaps
- Catacomb chambers
- Does some gymnastics
- Pommel horse maneuvers
- Gymnast's jumps
- Leaps over
- Places for valuables
- Jumps over
- Strongrooms.