Answer to "Carbine" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word RIFLE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1985.

Carbine crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
RIFLE	63 %	5
STEN	13 %	4
FIREARM	13 %	7
GUN	13 %	3

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Carbine

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• pellets
• rifles
• semiautomatics
• shotguns
• rifle
• pistol
• garand
• buttstock
• steyr
• pistols
• bullpup
• submachinegun

Crossword Answer definitions

RIFLE noun

1. A shouldered firearm with a long, rifled barrel to improve range and accuracy.
2. (usually plural) A rifleman.
3. An artillery piece with a rifled barrel.
4. A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes.

RIFLE verb

1. To quickly search through many items (such as papers, the contents of a drawer, a pile of clothing). (See also rifflehttp//verbmall.blogspot.com/2008/05/riffle-or-rifle.html)
2. To commit robbery or theft.
3. To search with intent to steal; to ransack, pillage or plunder.
4. To strip of goods; to rob; to pillage.
5. To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.
6. To add a spiral groove to a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight in order to improve range and accuracy.
7. To cause (a projectile, as a rifle bullet) to travel in a flat ballistic trajectory.
8. To move in a flat ballistic trajectory (as a rifle bullet).
9. To dispose of in a raffle.
10. To engage in a raffle.

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 RIFLE

• Rummage through
• Long gun
• Search with intent to steal
• Sift through
• Bolt-action firearm
• Ransack and rob
• Plunder
• Ransack
• Biathlete's prop
• Drill item

More clues leading to the result STEN

• Anna of "Nana"
• British carbine
• British gun
• British weapon
• Russian actress Anna
• "Nana" star
• Thompson machine gun substitute
• Tommy's gun
• Court figure, briefly
• British small arm

More clues leading to the result FIREARM

• Piece of heat
• Pistol or rifle
• Pistol, for one
• Pistol, e.g.
• Rifle or revolver
• Revolver.
• Sheriff's equipment.
• Carbine.
• Pistol.
• Weapon.

More clues leading to the result GUN

• Beretta, e.g.
• Rev the motor
• Accelerate
• Lock+stock+barrel
• Open the throttle
• Lock, stock, and barrel
• Rev
• Grease ___
• "Smoking" object
• Banger?