The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word HOOPS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1984.
Circular bands crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HOOPS | 100 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Circular bands
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- rings
- circles
- loop
- looping
- looped
- arc
- arcing
- ring
- wye
- rounder
- round off
- arch
Crossword Answer definitions
HOOPS noun- A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
- A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop.
- A circular band of metal, wood, or similar material used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.
- A circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone, metal, or other elastic material, used for expanding the skirts of ladies' dresses; (hence, by extension) a hoop petticoat or hoop skirt.
- A quart pot; so called because originally bound with hoops, like a barrel. Also, a portion of the contents measured by the distance between the hoops.
- An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks.
- The rim part of a basketball net.
- (in plural, metonym) The game of basketball.
- A hoop earring.
- (metonym) A jockey; from a common pattern on the blouse.
- (usually in the plural) A horizontal stripe on the jersey
- (usually in the plural) A requirement that must be met in order to proceed.
- To bind or fasten using a hoop.
- To clasp; to encircle; to surround.
- A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough.
- The hoopoe.
- To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout.
- To whoop, as in whooping cough.
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