The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CULLS which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2015.
Extracts crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CULLS | 20 % | 5 |
| EDUCES | 20 % | 6 |
| GLEANS | 13 % | 6 |
| ESSENCES | 13 % | 8 |
| ELICITS | 13 % | 7 |
| TAKESOUT | 7 % | 8 |
| DRAWSOUT | 7 % | 8 |
| WRESTS | 7 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Extracts
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- educe
- draw out
- elicit
- take out
- pull out
- evoke
- selection
- excerpt
- distil
- infusion
- press out
- express
Crossword Answer definitions
CULLS noun- A selection.
- An organised killing of selected animals.
- (farming) An individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discarded.
- (seafood industry) A lobster having only one claw.
- A piece unfit for inclusion within a larger group; an inferior specimen.
- To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
- To gather, collect.
- To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.
- To kill (animals etc).
- To lay off in order to reduce the size of, get rid of.
- A fool, gullible person; a dupe.
- Any refuse material.
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 CULLS
- Selects
- Cherry-picks
- Picks
- Selects carefully
- Gathers choice parts from
- Picks over
- Cherrypicks
- Picks out
- Weeds out.
- Selects.
More clues leading to the result EDUCES
More clues leading to the result GLEANS
- Collects
- Gathers behind the reapers
- Gathers leftovers in the field
- Gathers up
- Collects bit by bit
- Gathers bit by bit
- Learns little by little
- Slowly realizes
- Learns gradually
- Learns bit by bit
More clues leading to the result ESSENCES
- Perfumes, e.g.
- Gists
- Perfumes
- Basic natures
- Crucial elements
- Perfume ingredients
- Quiddities.
- Perfumes.
- Predominant qualities.
- Vital spirits.
More clues leading to the result ELICITS
- Brings out
- Brings forth
- Calls forth
- Extracts
- Draws out, as a confession
- Draws out
- Draws forth.
- Draws out.
- Extracts.
- Evokes.