The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word STAB , but the solution may also be FORAY which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in USA Today).
Brief attempt crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STAB | 64 % | 4 |
| WHIRL | 27 % | 5 |
| FORAY | 9 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Brief attempt
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- whirl
- stab
- fling
- flinging
- crack
- offer
- foray
- pass
- daihatsu
- break
- catch
- essay
Crossword Answer definitions
STAB noun- An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.
- A wound made by stabbing.
- Pain inflicted on a person's feelings.
- An attempt.
- Criticism.
- A single staccato chord that adds dramatic impact to a composition.
- A bacterial culture made by inoculating a solid medium, such as gelatin, with the puncture of a needle or wire.
- To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a pointed tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.
- To thrust in a stabbing motion.
- To recklessly hit with the tip of a pointed object, such as a weapon or finger (often used with at).
- To cause a sharp, painful sensation (often used with at).
- To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander.
- To roughen a brick wall with a pick so as to hold plaster.
- To pierce folded sheets, near their back edges, for the passage of thread or wire.
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 STAB
- Attempt
- Pierce
- Spear
- Wild guess
- Brief attempt
- Grab with a fork
- Make a try at
- Try
- Poke with a pick
- Stick with a shiv, say
More clues leading to the result WHIRL
- Move like a dervish
- Go around in circles
- Act the dervish
- Emulate a dervish
- Spin around
- Brief attempt
- Spin
- Try
- Go around and around
- Rotate rapidly