The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word TOSSES , but the solution may also be SCRAPS which is one of the most recent solution (2016 in New York Times).
Eighty-sixes crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TOSSES | 25 % | 6 |
| IXNAYS | 25 % | 6 |
| AXES | 13 % | 4 |
| JUNKS | 13 % | 5 |
| SCRAPS | 13 % | 6 |
| DITCHES | 13 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Eighty-sixes
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- axe
- toss
- six
- can
- discard
- eighty-six
- lxxxvi
- nix
- scrap
- shed
- 46th
- berceuse
Crossword Answer definitions
TOSSES noun- A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.
- The coin toss before a cricket match in order to decide who bats first, or before a football match in order to decide the direction of play.
- A haughty throwing up of the head.
- (British slang) A jot, in the phrase 'give a toss'.
- (British slang) A state of agitation; commotion.
- A measure of sprats.
- To throw with an initial upward direction.
- To lift with a sudden or violent motion.
- To agitate; to make restless.
- To subject to trials; to harass.
- To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention.
- To discard: to toss out
- To stir or mix (a salad).
- (British slang) To masturbate
- To search (a room or a cell), sometimes leaving visible disorder, as for valuables or evidence of a crime.
- To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion.
- To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean, or as a ship in heavy seas.
- To keep in play; to tumble over.
- To peak (the oars), to lift them from the rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting on the bottom of the boat.
- (British slang) To drink in large draughts; to gulp.
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 TOSSES
- Prepares a salad
- Prepares the salad
- Searches a house
- Doesn't sleep well
- Flips, as a coin
- Horseshoes throws
- Casts
- Flings
- Doesn't lie still
- Throws out
More clues leading to the result IXNAYS
More clues leading to the result AXES
- Chops off
- Fires
- Shows to the door
- Terminates
- X, Y, and Z
- Fellers
- Graph lines
- Fire department tools
- Lines in geometry class
- Props in some "The Wizard of Oz" costumes
More clues leading to the result JUNKS
- Chinese boats
- Discards
- Eighty-sixes
- Deep-sixes
- Throws out
- Chinese ships
- Vessels.
- Yangtze vessels.
- Sights on the Yangtze.
- Gets rid of
More clues leading to the result SCRAPS
- Aborts
- Leftovers
- Remnants
- Makeshift food for Fido
- Fistfights
- Discards
- Orts
- Bits and pieces
- Gets rid of
- Leftover bits