The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word HORSE , but the solution may also be RACER which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Derby entrant crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HORSE | 75 % | 5 |
| COLT | 13 % | 4 |
| RACER | 13 % | 5 |
Why may RACER be the right solution?
The term "Derby" often refers to a horse race, such as the Kentucky Derby. In this context, a "RACER" is a common term used to describe a horse that participates in races like the Derby.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Derby entrant
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- colt
- horse
- racer
- foal
- steed
- skater
- rammer
- racehorse
- car
- filly
- lap
- odds
Crossword Answer definitions
HORSE noun- Any of several animals related to Equus ferus caballus.
- Equipment with legs.
- Type of equipment.
- A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse (said of a vein) is to divide into branches for a distance.
- The sedative, antidepressant, and anxiolytic drug morphine, chiefly when used illicitly.
- An informal variant of basketball in which players match shots made by their opponent(s), each miss adding a letter to the word "horse", with 5 misses spelling the whole word and eliminating a player, until only the winner is left. Also HORSE, H-O-R-S-E or H.O.R.S.E. (see Variations of basketball#H-O-R-S-E).
- (among students) A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination.
- (among students) horseplay; tomfoolery
- To frolic, to act mischievously. (Usually followed by "around".)
- To provide with a horse; supply horses for.
- To get on horseback.
- To sit astride of; to bestride.
- (of a male horse) To copulate with (a mare).
- To take or carry on the back.
- To place (someone) on the back of another person, or on a wooden horse, etc., to be flogged; (hence) to flog.
- To urge at work tyrannically.
- To charge for work before it is finished.
- Heroin (drug).
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 HORSE
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- Preakness entrant
- Showoff's game on the court
- Basketball game involving trick shots
- Gymnastic event
- Basketball variation
More clues leading to the result COLT
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- Revolver name
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- Future stallion
- Revolver inventor
- Barnyard neonate
- Indiana NFL-er
- Arms pioneer
- Piece maker?
- Revolver developer