The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word VEER , but the solution may also be TURN which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in USA Today).
Change direction crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| VEER | 70 % | 4 |
| TURN | 8 % | 4 |
| ZAG | 5 % | 3 |
| CHARTANEWCOURSE | 3 % | 15 |
| SHIFT | 3 % | 5 |
| REFRACT | 3 % | 7 |
| ALTERONESCOURSE | 3 % | 15 |
| ZIG | 3 % | 3 |
| PIVOT | 3 % | 5 |
| WIND | 3 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Change direction
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- turn
- swerve
- veer
- deviate
- skirted
- creep
- scratch
- canter
- cobbled
- edge
- stalk
- worm
Crossword Answer definitions
VEER verb- To let out (a sail-line), to allow (a sheet) to run out.
- A turn or swerve; an instance of veering.
- To change direction or course suddenly; to swerve.
- (of the wind) To shift in a clockwise direction (if in the Northern Hemisphere, or in a counterclockwise direction if in the Southern Hemisphere).
- (of the wind) To shift aft.
- To change direction into the wind; to wear ship.
- To turn.
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 VEER
- Turn sharply
- Change course
- Swerve off course
- Stray
- Turn off-course
- Make a sharp turn
- Move out of the way
- Move to avoid a pothole, say
- Sudden change
- Dogleg
More clues leading to the result TURN
More clues leading to the result ZAG
- Sharp turn
- Zig-___
- Half a drunken path
- Move unpredictably
- Turn one way
- Veer this way
- Abrupt turn
- Deke direction
- Make a sharp turn
- Turn suddenly
More clues leading to the result CHARTANEWCOURSE
More clues leading to the result SHIFT
- Key held while "shouting"
- Loose-fitting dress
- Go from first to second
- Change positions
- Go though the gears
- Keyboard key
- Graveyard, for one
- Change gears
- Go from first to second, say
- Period of work
More clues leading to the result REFRACT
- Change the direction of, as light
- Distort, as light through water
- Change direction, as light
- Change direction
- What prisms do
- Make rainbows
- Bend, to Bohr
- Deflect, as light.
- Deflect, as light
- Deflect, as light rays
More clues leading to the result ALTERONESCOURSE
More clues leading to the result ZIG
- Go this way
- Go this-a-way
- Go one way...
- Follow a crooked path
- Ski right, perhaps
- Change course
- Move erratically
- Sharp change in direction
- Darting movement
- Go this way, or that
More clues leading to the result PIVOT
- Move about an axis
- Basketball footwork
- Turning point
- Swivel
- Center position, in basketball
- Swing around
- Spin around
- Turn on an axis
- Turn on a shaft
- Turn on one foot