The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word NESTED which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2018.
Embedded crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NESTED | 20 % | 6 |
| INLAID | 20 % | 6 |
| INSERTED | 20 % | 8 |
| PLANTED | 10 % | 7 |
| SETINTO | 10 % | 7 |
| DEEPSET | 10 % | 7 |
| LODGEDIN | 10 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Embedded
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- integrated
- enclosed
- established
- composed
- disposed
- comprehensive
- hidden
- implied
- built-in
- driven
- recessed
- insert
Crossword Answer definitions
NESTED verb- (of animals) To build or settle into a nest.
- To settle into a home.
- To successively neatly fit inside another.
- To place in, or as if in, a nest.
- To place one thing neatly inside another, and both inside yet another (and so on).
- To hunt for birds' nests or their contents (usually "go nesting").
- Embedded.
- Successively fitted one inside another.
- (Of a lexical item) contained within a dictionary entry as a subordinate term of the main headword.
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 NESTED
- Brooded
- Like some Russian dolls
- Like Russian dolls
- Made a tree house?
- Snugly settled
- Packed closely together
- Placed one inside another
- Made like the birds
- Fitted one within another
- Fit together snugly
More clues leading to the result INLAID
- Set
- Like some linoleum
- Like cloisonne
- Like marquetry or parquetry
- Like mosaic stone, e.g.
- Like a parquet floor
- Like stone in a mosaic
- Like mosaic stones
- Like the finest chess boards
- Like some decorative furniture
More clues leading to the result INSERTED
- Edited, in a way
- Placed (between)
- Embedded
- Like newspaper circulars
- Set in.
- Put among.
- Put in.
- Put in
- Used a caret-and-stick approach?
More clues leading to the result PLANTED
- Part 5 of quote
- Did some gardening
- Engendered.
- Embedded.
- Put in the ground for growth.
- Established.
- Set firmly.
- Did some sowing
- Sowed
- Like some evidence and bulbs
More clues leading to the result SETINTO
- Mounted below the surface of
- ___ place (fixed)
- A recessed part of
- Embedded below the surface of
- Embedded
- Fix deeply
More clues leading to the result DEEPSET
- Quite recessed
- Recessed
- Sunken
- Intense, as eyes
- Cavernous
- Placed far in
- Like some eyes
- Like bloodhounds' eyes
- Recessed, as eyes
- Describing certain eyes.