The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word PEER , but the solution may also be ARE which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Equal crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PEER | 68 % | 4 |
| ARE | 10 % | 3 |
| SAME | 6 % | 4 |
| EVEN | 4 % | 4 |
| MATCH | 3 % | 5 |
| ONAPAR | 2 % | 6 |
| LIKE | 1 % | 4 |
| COMPEER | 1 % | 7 |
| RIVAL | 1 % | 5 |
| TANTAMOUNT | 1 % | 10 |
| FIFTYFIFTY | 1 % | 10 |
| TIE | 0 % | 3 |
| AMOUNTTO | 0 % | 8 |
| EMULATE | 0 % | 7 |
| LEVEL | 0 % | 5 |
| ONE | 0 % | 3 |
| TIED | 0 % | 4 |
| EVENED | 0 % | 6 |
Why may ARE be the right solution?
The word "equal" is a verb that means to be the same in quantity, size, or value. The word "are" is the second person plural form of the verb "to be," which is used to indicate a state of equality. Therefore, "are" is the right solution to the clue "Equal."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Equal
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- equivalent
- same
- coequal
- compeer
- coordinate
- equalize
- even
- be
- tied
- as good as
- balanced
- equidistant
Crossword Answer definitions
PEER noun- A look; a glance.
- To look with difficulty, or as if searching for something.
- To come in sight; to appear.
- Somebody who is, or something that is, at a level or of a value equal (to that of something else).
- Someone who is approximately the same age (as someone else).
- A noble with a hereditary title, i.e., a peerage, and in times past, with certain rights and privileges not enjoyed by commoners.
- A comrade; a companion; an associate.
- To make equal in rank.
- To carry communications traffic terminating on one's own network on an equivalency basis to and from another network, usually without charge or payment. Contrast with transit where one pays another network provider to carry one's traffic.
- Someone who pees, someone who urinates.
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 PEER
- Equal
- Jury person
- Kind of pressure
- Type of pressure
- Use a spyglass
- " __ Gynt"
- Get an eyeful
- Look narrowly
- Potential jury member
- "She stands today without a ___" (lyric in Rensselaer's alma mater, and yeah, this is a homer clue; sue me)
More clues leading to the result ARE
- "All the Things You ___"
- "Chances __"
- "Chances ___"
- "Violets __ blue..."
- "You ___ There"
- "__ you nuts?"
- "___ You Lonesome Tonight?"
- "____ you positive?"
- A backward ERA?
- Breathe
More clues leading to the result SAME
- Identical
- "__ Time, Next Year"
- Just the ___
- Likewise
- "It's the __ old story"
- Identical, or very similar
- Matching
- Alike
- Ditto
- On a par
More clues leading to the result EVEN
- Deadlocked
- Fair
- In a dead heat
- Like a two-and-two count
- One way to break
- Smooth over
- Square
- Tied
- Way to keep the keel
- "_____ Steven"
More clues leading to the result MATCH
- Competition
- Concentration objective
- Struck item
- Contest
- Tennis contest
- Stick in a book
- Item in a book
- Go together
- "Three on a ___" (1932 Bette Davis melodrama)
- Lighter alternative
More clues leading to the result ONAPAR
- Commensurate
- Equal (with)
- Equal to, with "with"
- Equal in ability
- Equal
- Even (with)
- __ with (equal to)
- At the same level
- Comparable (with)
- ___ with (equal to)
More clues leading to the result LIKE
- "I ___ Ike"
- Care for
- Dig
- Find enjoyable
- Is fond of
- Valleyspeak superfluity
- Enjoy
- Take to
- Take a shine to
- Facebook button
More clues leading to the result COMPEER
More clues leading to the result RIVAL
- Alpo competitor
- Be a match for
- Competitor
- Eton to Harrow, for example
- Alamo, to Avis
- Lock horns
- Oppose
- Gladstone, to Disraeli
- Challenger
- Djokovic, to Federer
More clues leading to the result TANTAMOUNT
More clues leading to the result FIFTYFIFTY
- Fair numbers
- Equal
- Evenly split
- Even
- *Like half a chance
- Even-steven
- Share and share alike.
- Half-and-half.
- Echoing split
- Type of split
More clues leading to the result TIE
- Cause of overtime
- One to one, e.g.
- Overtime cause
- Popular Father's Day gift
- Sudden-death causer
- Usual tic-tac-toe outcome
- 17-17, e.g.
- Affiliation
- All even
- Ascot, essentially
More clues leading to the result AMOUNTTO
- Reach, in a way
- Constitute
- Total
- Become
- Reach a total of
- Equal.
- Be equivalent
- Be the equivalent of
- Become in life
More clues leading to the result EMULATE
More clues leading to the result LEVEL
- On the __ (honest)
- Of the same height
- Carpenter's tool
- Raze
- One of 256 for Pac-Man
- Parking garage section
- Flat, as a field
- Horizontality
- Like well-hung paintings
- Surveyor's instrument
More clues leading to the result ONE
- 20% of a fin
- "A Chorus Line" number
- "My __ and Only"
- "__-Trick Pony" (Paul Simon film)
- "___ for the money"
- 10% of a sawbuck
- 1969 Three Dog Night hit
- Change-machine input
- Hole in ____
- Italian noble family
More clues leading to the result TIED
- 5-5, e.g.
- Evened up
- 10-10 or 5-5.
- Come out even
- Even
- Tongue ___
- 10-10 or 5-5
- Heading to sudden death, say
- Headed for overtime
- 50-50, say