The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word REELS , but the solution may also be BALLS which is one of the most recent solution (2003 in New York Times).
Dances crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| REELS | 35 % | 5 |
| HULAS | 12 % | 5 |
| JIGS | 10 % | 4 |
| TANGOS | 6 % | 6 |
| BALLS | 6 % | 5 |
| CONGAS | 4 % | 6 |
| TWISTS | 2 % | 6 |
| STOMPS | 2 % | 6 |
| POLKAS | 2 % | 6 |
| CHARLESTONS | 2 % | 11 |
| HORNPIPES | 2 % | 9 |
| GAVOTS | 2 % | 6 |
| CHAS | 2 % | 4 |
| BALLETS | 2 % | 7 |
| GROOVES | 2 % | 7 |
| TRIPS | 2 % | 5 |
| CANCANS | 2 % | 7 |
| HOPS | 2 % | 4 |
| RUMBAS | 2 % | 6 |
| ONESTEPS | 2 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Dances
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- trip the light fantastic
- terpsichore
- ballet
- ballroom
- balls
- championship
- chas
- cheer
- dancers
- danse
- fears
- performances
Crossword Answer definitions
REELS noun- A shaky or unsteady gait.
- A lively dance originating in Scotland; also, the music of this dance; often called a Scottish (or Scotch) reel.
- A kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound.
- A machine on which yarn is wound and measured into lays and hanks, —-- for cotton or linen it is fifty-four inches in circuit; for worsted, thirty inches.
- A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the knives.
- A short compilation of sample film work used as a demonstrative resume in the entertainment industry.
- To wind on a reel.
- To spin or revolve repeatedly.
- To unwind, to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else.
- To walk shakily or unsteadily; to stagger; move as if drunk or not in control of oneself.
- (with back) To back off or step away unsteadily and quickly.
- To make or cause to reel.
- To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
- To be in shock.
- To roll.
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 REELS
- Film holders
- Virginia dances
- Winds up a hose
- Film rolls
- Lively dances
- Goes into economic shock, say
- Movie-house supplies
- Cinema's stock
- Reacts to a blow
- Two-line square dances
More clues leading to the result HULAS
- Hippy dances
- Island dances
- Dances done before eating roast pig
- Dances on Maui
- Polynesian dances
- Storytelling dances
- Expressive dances
- Story-telling dances
- Hilo dances
- Grass-skirt dances
More clues leading to the result JIGS
- Happy feet dances
- Flatley dances
- Lively dances
- March 17 dances
- Shows of joy
- Merry dances
- Lively dances in triple meter
- Dublin dances
- Derry dances
- Feathered fishing hooks
More clues leading to the result TANGOS
- Romantic moves?
- Does a Latin-American dance
- Dramatic dances
- Dances with dips
- Dances la Valentino
- Ballroom dances
- Dances like Gomez and Morticia Addams
- Latin-American ballroom dances
- Does a Valentino routine
- Rhythmic dances
More clues leading to the result BALLS
- Orbs
- Derring-do
- Missing deliveries?
- Full count's trio
- Zone missers
- Coming-out affairs
- Golfer's purchase
- Fancy dances
- Umpire's supply
- Debutante dos
More clues leading to the result CONGAS
- Does a line dance
- Line dances?
- Songs played by Desi's band
- Drums or dance lines
- Desi's drums
- Line dances
- Party lines?
- Tall drums
- Line dances with kicking
- Ballroom dances.
More clues leading to the result TWISTS
- Mystery features
- Surprises in the plot
- Cocktail garnishes
- Plot surprises
- Soft ice cream servings
- Dances like Chubby Checker
- Does a '60s dance
- Pretzel configurations
- Ironic endings
- Gymnastics maneuvers
More clues leading to the result STOMPS
- Puts one's foot down
- Takes pounding steps
- Puts dogs down hard
- Pounds the pavement?
- Treads loudly
- Steps loudly
- Defeats decisively
- Defeats soundly
- Leaves a big footprint, perhaps
- Puts one's foot down?
More clues leading to the result POLKAS
- Lively Bohemian dances
- Oktoberfest dances
- Lively dances
- Lively dances in duple time
- "Pennsylvania" and "Beer Barrel"
- Reel relatives
- Dances.
- Lively Bohemian dances.
- Bohemian dances
- Lawrence Welk favorites
More clues leading to the result CHARLESTONS
More clues leading to the result HORNPIPES
More clues leading to the result GAVOTS
More clues leading to the result CHAS
- Addams's signature
- Chuck's name, for short
- Chuck, formally for short
- Addams of "The Addams Family"
- Di's guy
- Abbreviated monarch
- Chuck by another handle
- Eliz. II's son
- Cartoonist Addams
- Cartoonist Addams, for short
More clues leading to the result BALLETS
- "Sleeping Beauty" and "Swan Lake"
- Markova performances
- "Rodeo," "Fall River Legend," etc.
- Dance numbers.
- Dances
- Fonteyn vehicles
- "The Sleeping Beauty" et al.
- "Agon" and "Serenade"
- Saint-Léon works
- Balancing acts?
More clues leading to the result GROOVES
- Dances
- LP features
- Record tracks
- Slots cut with a chisel
- Phonograph-needle pathways
- Channels.
- Enjoys, mod style
- Needle locales
- Musical cuts?
- Digs, with "on"
More clues leading to the result TRIPS
- Misses a step
- Falls' causes
- Stumbles
- Goes sprawling
- Cruises
- Vacation excursions
- Takes a tumble, at times
- Junkets
- Excursions
- Woodstock experiences
More clues leading to the result CANCANS
- Jailhouse johns?
- Dances.
- Dances at the Folies Bergère
- Things people do to get their kicks?
- Chorus line dances
- Kicks up one's heels?
- Leggy dances
- French dances
More clues leading to the result HOPS
- One-foot jumps
- Teen dances
- Brewer's buy
- Brewers' need
- Short flights
- Suds ingredient
- Microbrew flavorer
- Supply for brewers
- Ale ingredients
- IPA ingredient
More clues leading to the result RUMBAS
- Some salsa club dances
- Cuban dances
- Does a Cuban ballroom dance
- Latin ballroom dances
- Syncopated dances
- Latin dances
- Salsa-club dances
- Cugat's forte.
- Cuban dances.
- Dances.