The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word VEERED , but the solution may also be TACKED which is one of the most recent solution (2015 in Wall Street Journal).
Changed course crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
VEERED | 43 % | 6 |
TURNED | 29 % | 6 |
DETOURED | 14 % | 8 |
TACKED | 14 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Changed course
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- veered
- deviated
- diverged
- swerved
- turned
- turning point
- alter
- better
- burn
- change
- changes
- changing
Crossword Answer definitions
VEERED verb- To let out (a sail-line), to allow (a sheet) to run out.
- 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 VEERED
- Drove wildly
- Suddenly turned
- Zigzagged
- Changed course
- Swerved
- Zigged or zagged
- Changed direction
- Didn't go straight
- Swerved^VEERE
- Tried to avoid, in a way
More clues leading to the result TURNED
- Changed course
- Went sour
- Changed color in autumn
- Defected
- Changed color
- Took an intersecting road
- Went bad
- Became inedible
- Gyrated.
- Reversed.
More clues leading to the result DETOURED
- Changed course
- Went around
- Took a roundabout route
- Avoided traffic, perhaps
- Went in a circuitous way.
- Used the long route
- Went circuitously
- Used an alternate route perforce
- Redirected
- Took an alternate route