The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TAPER , but the solution may also be BOIL which is one of the most recent solution (2010 in Boston Globe).
Come to a head? crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TAPER | 40 % | 5 |
| BOILUP | 20 % | 6 |
| BOIL | 20 % | 4 |
| CLIMAX | 20 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Come to a head?
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- come to a boil
- come to a close
- turn the corner
- turn a corner
- make headway
- get through one's head
- turn heads
- come to grips with
- come to blows
- get one's head straight
- hit the roof
- take a turn
Crossword Answer definitions
TAPER noun- A slender wax candle; a small lighted wax candle
- (by extension) a small light.
- A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness and/or cross section in an elongated object
- A thin stick used for lighting candles, either a wax-coated wick or a slow-burning wooden rod.
- To make thinner or narrower at one end.
- To diminish gradually.
- Tapered; narrowing to a point.
- One who operates a tape machine.
- Someone who works with tape or tapes.
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 TAPER
- Thin candle
- Candle
- Reduce gradually
- Dwindle down
- Trail (off)
- Get to the point?
- Wicked light?
- Recorder at a gig
- Come to nothing?
- Decrease gradually
More clues leading to the result BOILUP
- Come to the surface, as anger
- Come to a head
- Begin to bubble
- Seethe.
- Bubble to the surface
- Surface, as anger
- Traditional Maori dish
- Build dangerously, as anger
More clues leading to the result BOIL
- See red
- Seethe
- Lance target
- One way to cook
- Lancer's item
- Distill, in a way
- Start to steam
- Go ballistic
- Prepare, as pasta
- Go beyond simmering