The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SAILS which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2025.
Competes in a regatta crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SAILS | 50 % | 5 |
| ROWS | 50 % | 4 |
Why may SAILS be the right solution?
"SAILS" is the right solution because in a regatta, boats typically compete by using sails to harness the wind and propel themselves through the water.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Competes in a regatta
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Crossword Answer definitions
SAILS noun- A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes.
- (nautical,uncountable) The concept of a sail or sails, as if a substance.
- The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use of this power for travel or transport.
- A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.
- (plural "sail") A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.
- The blade of a windmill.
- A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines.
- The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.
- A sailfish.
- An outward projection of the spine, occurring in certain dinosaurs and synapsids
- Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing.
- To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by steam or other power.
- To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a waterfowl.
- To ride in a boat, especially a sailboat.
- To set sail; to begin a voyage.
- To move briskly and gracefully through the air.
- To move briskly.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result SAILS
- Schooner needs
- Schooner power
- Encounters no resistance
- They may be seen on the sea's horizon
- Leaves port
- Caravel features
- Wind catchers?
- Spankers and spinnakers
- Goes on a cruise
- They make a cutter move