The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word TIERCE , but the solution may also be SIXTE which is one of the most recent solution (2011 in New York Times).
Fencing position crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TIERCE | 28 % | 6 |
| SIXTE | 22 % | 5 |
| ENGARDE | 17 % | 7 |
| CARTE | 11 % | 5 |
| QUARTE | 6 % | 6 |
| QUINTE | 6 % | 6 |
| SECONDE | 6 % | 7 |
| SEPTIME | 6 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Fencing position
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- en garde
- parry
- lunge
- wrench
- turnout
- lunged
- crab
- paddle
- scaly
- veronica
- club
- belt
Crossword Answer definitions
TIERCE noun- The third hour of daylight (about 9 am).
- The service appointed for this hour.
- A widow's right, where she has no conventional provision, to a liferent of a third of the husband's heritable property.
- A third.
- A measure of capacity equal to a third of a pipe, or a cask or other vessel holding such a quantity; a cask larger than a barrel, and smaller than a hogshead or a puncheon, in which wine or salt provisions, rice, etc., are packed for shipment.
- The third tone of the scale. See mediant.
- A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king and queen is called tierce-major.
- The third defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at head height.
- An ordinary that covers the left or right third of the field of a shield or flag.
- One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system. (Also known as a third.)
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 TIERCE
- 42 wine gal.
- Fencing position.
- Position in fencing.
- Canonical hour.
- Third canonical hour.
- Old cask.
- Fencing position
- Wine measure
- Three-card sequence
- Wine cask
More clues leading to the result SIXTE
More clues leading to the result ENGARDE
- "Assume the position!"
- "Be prepared!"
- "Have at thee!"
- "Prepare to fence!"
- Fencer's cry
- Them's fighting words
- Duelist's warning
- Fencing call
- "Let's fight!"
- Fencing calls
More clues leading to the result CARTE
- Menu, at upscale eateries
- Bill of fare
- Menu
- __ blanche
- See 12 Across
- A la __
- Marseilles menu
- Brasserie menu
- ___ blanche (full discretionary power)
- Montmartre menu