The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word REAR which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.
Caboose crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| REAR | 71 % | 4 |
| END | 6 % | 3 |
| REAREND | 3 % | 7 |
| LASTCAR | 3 % | 7 |
| PATOOT | 3 % | 6 |
| TAILEND | 3 % | 7 |
| BACKEND | 3 % | 7 |
| CAR | 3 % | 3 |
| HEINIE | 3 % | 6 |
| TUSH | 3 % | 4 |
Why may REAR be the right solution?
In a train, the caboose is the car at the rear end. "Rear" is a synonym for the back or end of something, making it the correct answer.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Caboose
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- galley
- cookhouse
- boxcar
- railcar
- carload
- car
- wagon
- carriage
- chariot
- coach
- locomotive
- flatcar
Crossword Answer definitions
REAR verb- To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
- (said of people towards animals) To breed and raise.
- To rise up on the hind legs
- (usually with "up") To get angry.
- To rise high above, tower above.
- To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.
- To construct by building; to set up
- To raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally.
- To lift and take up.
- To rouse; to strip up.
- To move; stir.
- (of geese) To carve.
- (regional, obsolete) To revive, bring to life, quicken. (only in the phrase, to rear to life)
- (of eggs) Underdone; nearly raw.
- (of meats) Rare.
- The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last on order; - opposed to front.
- Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.
- The buttocks, a creature's bottom
- To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.
- To sodomize (perform anal sex)
- Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost
- Early; soon
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 REAR
- Bring up
- Hitchcock's "____ Window"
- Hitchcock's window
- Kind of guard or end
- Last one brings it up
- Rise high in the air
- Backseat
- Duff
- Hindquarters
- Stern
More clues leading to the result END
- Break off
- Curling division
- Deep or dead follower
- Finale
- Finis
- Finish
- He may be offensive
- Last gasp
- Sign off
- Wind up
More clues leading to the result REAREND
- Trunk area
- Bum
- Booty
- Cheeks
- Bump into from behind
- Back part
- Bottom
- Behind ... or hit from behind
- Bump from behind
- Hit from behind
More clues leading to the result LASTCAR
More clues leading to the result PATOOT
More clues leading to the result TAILEND
- Last bit
- Very last segment
- Conclusion
- Back
- Caboose, e.g.
- Very last part
- Wrap-up
- Final part
- Extremity
- Caboose locale ... and a hint to what the first word of the answers to starred clues can be
More clues leading to the result BACKEND
More clues leading to the result CAR
- Ford, Lincoln or Pierce
- One for the road
- One for the road?
- Passenger compartment
- Passenger vehicle
- The General Lee, e.g.
- Hudson or Essex
- Saturn or Mercury
- Diner or sleeper
- Elevator unit