The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word HAG , but the solution may also be HARPY which is one of the most recent solution (2014 in Washington Post).
Battle-ax crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HAG | 27 % | 3 |
| TOMAHAWK | 18 % | 8 |
| SHREW | 18 % | 5 |
| OLDBAG | 18 % | 6 |
| HARPY | 9 % | 5 |
| GISARME | 9 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Battle-ax
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- battle-axe
- battle axe
- battleaxe
- axe handle
- axe head
- broadaxe
- broadax
- ice axe
- hatchet
- poleaxe
- broadsword
- axeman
Crossword Answer definitions
HAG noun- A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; a wizard.
- An ugly old woman.
- A fury; a she-monster.
- A hagfish; one of various eel-like fish of the family Myxinidae, allied to the lamprey, with a suctorial mouth, labial appendages, and a single pair of gill openings.
- A hagdon or shearwater; one of various sea birds of the genus Puffinus.
- An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a man's hair.
- The fruit of the hagberry, Prunus padus.
- Sleep paralysis
- A small wood, or part of a wood or copse, which is marked off or enclosed for felling, or which has been felled.
- A quagmire; mossy ground where peat or turf has been cut.
- To harass; to weary with vexation.
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 HAG
- Crone
- Broom Hilda, e.g.
- Old witch
- Beauty queen, not
- Wizened witch
- Fag ___
- Witch
- Halloween figure
- Besom rider
- Hardly a beauty
More clues leading to the result TOMAHAWK
- Cochise's weapon
- Fighting ax
- Oater weapon
- Western weapon
- Cherokee chopper
- Cleaver's relative
- Native American ax
- Indian artifact.
- Assail mercilessly
- Hiawatha's weapon
More clues leading to the result SHREW
- "The Taming of the ___"
- Nag
- Shakespeare's "Taming of the ___"
- Elephant ___ (fleet-footed insectivore)
- Mole's cousin
- Untamed one?
- Shakespeare's Katharina, for one
- Shakespeare's Katherine, for one
- Kate, to Petruchio
- Termagant
More clues leading to the result OLDBAG
More clues leading to the result HARPY
- Fishwife
- Shrew
- Bird-woman of myth
- Mythical hounder
- Fierce-tempered woman
- Hideous shrew of Greek mythology
- Winged monster of Greek myth
- Mythical winged monster
- Hideous hybrid of myth
- Half-woman, half-bird monster