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 |
| TAILEND | 3 % | 7 |
| PATOOT | 3 % | 6 |
| 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 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 PATOOT
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