The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word FAR , but the solution may also be ICY which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Distant crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FAR | 32 % | 3 |
| AFAR | 26 % | 4 |
| ALOOF | 21 % | 5 |
| REMOTE | 7 % | 6 |
| ICY | 5 % | 3 |
| FAROFF | 3 % | 6 |
| FARAWAY | 1 % | 7 |
| AWAY | 1 % | 4 |
| COLD | 1 % | 4 |
| COOLISH | 1 % | 7 |
| APART | 1 % | 5 |
| YONDER | 0 % | 6 |
| ALONGWAYSOFF | 0 % | 12 |
| REMOVED | 0 % | 7 |
| OUTOFRANGE | 0 % | 10 |
| YON | 0 % | 3 |
Why may ICY be the right solution?
"Icy" can be used to describe something as cold and distant, making it a fitting answer for the clue "Distant."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Distant
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- faraway
- remote
- aloof
- deep
- far
- extreme
- yonder
- away
- yon
- reserved
- ulterior
- removed
Crossword Answer definitions
FAR adjective- Distant; remote in space.
- Remote in time.
- Long.
- More remote of two.
- Extreme, as measured from some central or neutral position.
- Extreme, as a difference in nature or quality.
- Outside the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.
- To, from or over a great distance in space, time or other extent.
- Very much; by a great amount.
- Spelt (a type of wheat, Triticum spelta), especially in the context of Roman use of it.
- A litter of piglets; a farrow.
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 FAR
- "__ out!"
- Away's partner
- Fetched or flung lead-in
- Way off
- Wide's partner
- Not near
- Out of reach
- Out of sight
- "___ out?
- Larson's "The __ Side"
More clues leading to the result AFAR
- A great distance
- At a distance
- At the horizon
- Distant
- Distantly
- Quite a distance
- Way off
- Way out there
- Way, way off
- From a distance
More clues leading to the result ALOOF
- Cool
- Distant
- Emotionally removed
- Unsociable
- Icy and removed
- Cool and distant
- Detached
- Not overly friendly
- Remote
- Removed
More clues leading to the result REMOTE
- Out-of-the-way
- Couch potato's zapper
- Roku controller
- Universal ___
- Commercial zapper
- Hard to get to
- Essential device for a couch potato
- Distant
- Couch potato's device
- Show stopper?
More clues leading to the result ICY
- In need of sanding
- Frigid
- Numbing
- Arctic, as a wind
- Like some wintery streets
- Aloof
- Distant
- Hardly approachable
- Like some stares
- Rather unfriendly
More clues leading to the result FAROFF
- Way, way away
- Way in the distance
- Distant
- Not soon
- Remote
- Hardly around the corner
- In the distance
- Distant.
- Not soon at all
- At a distance
More clues leading to the result FARAWAY
- Distant
- Like some unfocused looks
- Dreamy or abstracted.
- Dreamy, as a look.
- Remote.
- Kind of look or places
- Remote
- Kind of look
- Very distant
- Off in the distance
More clues leading to the result AWAY
- 1992 Tom Cruise film "Far and ___"
- Elsewhere
- Absent
- Missing
- On a sabbatical
- On the road
- Out of town
- Tom Cruise movie "Far and ___"
- First to putt
- Playing in someone else's stadium
More clues leading to the result COLD
- "___ hands, warm heart"
- Rather unfriendly
- Unfriendly
- In need of warming?
- Standoffish
- Thing bad to catch
- Far from the treasure
- Common complaint?
- Lacking compassion
- Word before cream or comfort
More clues leading to the result COOLISH
- A bit chilly
- Sort of chilly
- Not very friendly
- Rather chilly.
- Describing autumn weather.
- Not so hot.
- Distant
More clues leading to the result APART
- In pieces
- Not together
- Separated
- Asunder
- Isolated
- One from another
- Doing long-distance, say
- Distinct (from)
- No longer dating
- Put away from everything
More clues leading to the result YONDER
- Afar
- Distant
- Faraway
- Out there
- There
- Whither the "wild blue"
- Off in the distance
- Up the road a bit
- "Wild blue" place
- Over there
More clues leading to the result ALONGWAYSOFF
More clues leading to the result REMOVED
- Made the victim of a coup, maybe
- Withdrew
- Took out
- Shed
- Transferred.
- Took off.
- Separated.
- Taken away
- Took away
- Distant