The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ALTER , but the solution may also be TOY which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Fiddle with crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ALTER | 33 % | 5 |
| TOY | 11 % | 3 |
| FUTZ | 11 % | 4 |
| MESS | 7 % | 4 |
| TAMPER | 7 % | 6 |
| AMEND | 7 % | 5 |
| ADJUST | 7 % | 6 |
| TINKER | 4 % | 6 |
| TINKERAROUND | 4 % | 12 |
| EMEND | 4 % | 5 |
| MONKEY | 4 % | 6 |
Why may TOY be the right solution?
The word "fiddle" can mean to play with or manipulate something. In this case, "fiddle (with)" suggests the action of playing with a "toy". Therefore, "toy" is the right solution.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Fiddle with
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- twiddle
- fiddle about
- fiddle
- fiddle away
- fidget
- faddle
- screw with
- fuss
- play with
- fiddle-faddle
- feddle
- friggle
Crossword Answer definitions
ALTER verb- To change the form or structure of.
- To become different.
- To tailor clothes to make them fit.
- To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
- To affect mentally, as by psychotropic drugs or illness.
- (especially in the plural) An identity or headmate of a person with dissociative identity disorder (previously known as multiple personality disorder).
- A table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites.
- A raised area around an altar in a church; the sanctuary.
- Anything that is worshipped or sacrificed to.
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 ALTER
- Make suit, as a suit
- Modify
- Take out or in
- Take in or let out
- Make fit
- Take in, perhaps
- Take up
- Modify, as a dress
- Let out, perhaps
- Do some remodeling
More clues leading to the result TOY
- Pekingese, e.g.
- Play object
- Shih Tzu, e.g.
- String along
- Yoyo
- Bit of kiddie litter
- Plaything
- Yo-yo or Frisbee
- Play (with), as someone's heart
- AKC category
More clues leading to the result FUTZ
- Fiddle (around)
- Fiddle (with)
- Tinker needlessly
- Play around (with)
- Mess (with), in slang
- Mess around (with)
- *Crafts site
- Mess (with)
- __ around (dally)
More clues leading to the result MESS
- Boot-camp fare
- Interfere
- Military meal
- Not a pretty sight
- Quantico cuisine
- Recruit's dinner
- Shambles
- Teen's room, often
- Army chow
- Predicament
More clues leading to the result TAMPER
- Interfere
- Meddle (with)
- Monkey (with)
- Mess (with), as a lock
- Mess (with)
- Change by meddling (with "with").
- Meddle (with "with").
- Heavy bar with flat tip.
- Interfere (with).
- Meddle (with).
More clues leading to the result AMEND
More clues leading to the result ADJUST
- Fine-tune
- Tweak
- Make a minor correction to
- Calibrate
- Set right
- Tune
- Fix
- Make minor changes
- Reset, as the time
- Become adapted
More clues leading to the result TINKER
- Fiddle around
- Shortstop in the poem "Baseball's Sad Lexicon"
- Toy
- Fix unskillfully
- Monkey around
- Fiddle
- A jack-of-all-trades.
- Jack-of-all-trades.
- Christopher Sly's job.
- Mender of pots and pans.
More clues leading to the result TINKERAROUND
More clues leading to the result EMEND
- Correct
- Fix the copy
- Improve, in a way
- Adjust
- Fix
- Change one's story?
- Correct, as text
- Correct or improve
- Revise
- Revise editorially