Answer to "Coiled" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word WOUND which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2014.

Coiled crossword clue answers

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

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
WOUND	64 %	5
SPIRALED	9 %	8
LOOPED	9 %	6
HELICAL	9 %	7
TORTILE	9 %	7

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Coiled

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

• whorled
• turbinate
• looped
• voluted
• convoluted
• spiraling
• helical
• twisted
• volute
• convolute
• wound
• involute

Crossword Answer definitions

WOUND noun

1. An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.
2. A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc.
3. An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken.

WOUND verb

1. To hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.
2. To hurt (a person's feelings).

WOUND verb

1. To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.
2. To cause (someone) to become breathless, as by a blow to the abdomen, or by physical exertion, running, etc.
3. To cause a baby to bring up wind by patting its back after being fed.
4. To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.
5. To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
6. To perceive or follow by scent.
7. To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
8. To turn a windmill so that its sails face into the wind.

WOUND verb

1. To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something.
2. To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism such as that of a clock.
3. To entwist; to enfold; to encircle.
4. To travel in a way that is not straight.
5. To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern.
6. To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
7. To cover or surround with something coiled about.
8. To cause to move by exerting a winding force; to haul or hoist, as by a winch.
9. To turn (a ship) around, end for end.

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 WOUND

• Combat injury
• Coiled
• Injure
• Excited, with "up"
• Wired, with "up"
• Meandered
• Dealt with, as a pocket watch
• Meandered.
• Twisted.
• ___ up (ended).

More clues leading to the result SPIRALED

• Corkscrewed
• Flew downward in a helical path
• Rose steadily
• Curled
• Increased steadily
• Spun, as a football
• Went round and round
• Traveled with a twist, as a football.
• Passed a football in a way
• Coiled

More clues leading to the result LOOPED

• Made into a lariat
• Kept playing over and over
• <>
• Blotto
• Really smashed
• Like the end of a yo-yo string
• Like string in cat's cradle
• Like a lasso's business end
• Coiled
• Did aerial stunts.

More clues leading to the result HELICAL

• Shaped like DNA
• Spiral-shaped
• Like DNA strands
• Like DNA
• Like rotini
• Patterned like a conch shell
• Spiral.
• Spiral
• Coiled
• Corkscrew

More clues leading to the result TORTILE

• Twisted.
• Coiled.