The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SCOUR which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2014.
Comb crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SCOUR | 42 % | 5 |
| RAKE | 17 % | 4 |
| CREST | 17 % | 5 |
| DREDGE | 8 % | 6 |
| UNSNARL | 8 % | 7 |
| TEASE | 8 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Comb
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- ransack
- coxcomb
- cockscomb
- disentangle
- comb out
- wipe
- sweep
- scavenge
- sweeping
- crest
- stamping
- peak
Crossword Answer definitions
SCOUR noun- The removal of sediment caused by swiftly moving water.
- A place scoured out by running water, as in the bed of a stream below a waterfall.
- A place where wool is washed to remove grease and impurities prior to processing.
- To clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously, frequently with an abrasive or cleaning agent.
- To remove debris and dirt by purging; to sweep along or off (by a current of water).
- To clear the digestive tract by administering medication that induces defecation or vomiting; to purge.
- To (cause livestock to) suffer from diarrhoea or dysentery.
- To cleanse (without rubbing).
- To search an area thoroughly.
- To run with speed; to scurry.
- To move swiftly over; to brush along.
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 SCOUR
- Comb
- Search high and low
- Deep clean
- Clean the pots
- Hair untangler
- Search thoroughly
- Search very thoroughly
- Scrub hard
- Scrub thoroughly
- Rub and rub and rub
More clues leading to the result RAKE
- Autumn tool
- Lounge lizard, perhaps
- Sand-trap necessity
- Search thoroughly
- Fall tool
- Leaf removal tool
- Take leaves?
- Toothy tool
- Clean up the yard
- Leaf collector?
More clues leading to the result CREST
- Cardinal's feature
- Coat-of-arms part
- Wave high?
- Wave top
- Apex
- Peak
- Avian tuft
- Rembrandt rival
- Heraldic figure
- Reach the top of
More clues leading to the result DREDGE
- Earthmoving machine
- Coat with flour
- Kind of a drag
- Scrape the bottom
- Clean the waterway
- Bring to light, with "up"
- Dig (up)
- Change the channel?
- Bring (up)
- Excavating machine
More clues leading to the result UNSNARL
- Get the kinks out
- Straighten out
- Straighten, as tangled hair
- Disentangle
- Straighten out, in a way
- Disentangle.
- Comb
- Get straight, in a way
- Straighten, as a hose
- Disentangle, as hair