The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word QUAILS which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2004.
Cowers in fear crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| QUAILS | 100 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Cowers in fear
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- cringe
- cringing
- funk
- quail
- croodle
- daunt
- fawn
- flinch
- shrink
- creeper
- sink
- cower
Crossword Answer definitions
QUAILS verb- To waste away; to fade, to wither
- To daunt or frighten (someone)
- To lose heart or courage; to be daunted or fearful.
- Of courage, faith, etc.: to slacken, to give way.
- Any of various small game birds of the genera Coturnix, Anurophasis or Perdicula in the Old World family Phasianidae or of the New World family Odontophoridae.
- The meat from this bird eaten as food.
- A prostitute, so called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird.
- To curdle or coagulate, as milk does.
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