The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word INCUBATION , but the solution may also be MOPY which is one of the most recent solution (2012 in Boston Globe).
Brooding crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| INCUBATION | 25 % | 10 |
| MOODY | 25 % | 5 |
| HENNISH | 25 % | 7 |
| MOPY | 13 % | 4 |
| DARK | 13 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Brooding
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- broody
- incubation
- oviparous
- reflective
- hatching
- pensiveness
- contemplative
- pensive
- meditative
- ruminative
- thoughtful
- musing
Crossword Answer definitions
INCUBATION noun- Sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, to develop the life within, by any process.
- The development of a disease from its causes, or the period of such development.
- A period of little reaction which is followed by more rapid reaction.
- One of the four proposed stages of creativity (preparation, incubation, illumination, and verification): the unconscious recombination of thought elements that were stimulated through conscious work at one point in time, resulting in novel ideas at a later point.
- Sleeping in a temple or other holy place in order to have oracular dreams or to receive healing.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result INCUBATION
More clues leading to the result MOODY
- Unsteady
- Saturnine
- Sullen
- Given to gloom
- Temperamental
- Given to sulking
- Emotionally fickle
- Given to pouting
- Hardly chipper
- In a funk