The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CLEWS , but the solution may also be SKEINS which is one of the most recent solution (2019 in New York Times).
Balls of yarn crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CLEWS | 77 % | 5 |
| SKEINS | 23 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Balls of yarn
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- skein
- hank
- clews
- bead
- shot
- ball
- beads
- cut
- cuts
- frame
- full
- rack
Crossword Answer definitions
CLEWS noun- A roughly spherical mass or body.
- A ball of thread or yarn.
- Yarn or thread as used to guide one's way through a maze or labyrinth; a guide, a clue.
- The lower corner(s) of a sail to which a sheet is attached for trimming the sail (adjusting its position relative to the wind); the metal loop or cringle in the corner of the sail, to which the sheet is attached. (on a triangular sail) The trailing corner relative to the wind direction.
- (in the plural) The sheets so attached to a sail.
- (in the plural) The cords suspending a hammock.
- A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide.
- Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.
- An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.
- Insight or understanding ("to have a clue [about]" or "to have clue". See have a clue, clue stick)
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 CLEWS
- Balls of yarn
- Balls of thread.
- Balls of tread or yarn.
- Balls of yarn.
- Ball of yarn.
- Scotland Yard items
- Square sail's lower corners
- Yarn units
- Hammock rigging
- Miss Marple finds them