The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word HAIRS , but the solution may also be THREADS which is one of the most recent solution (2002 in Unknown).
Filaments crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HAIRS | 55 % | 5 |
| THREADS | 36 % | 7 |
| FIBERS | 9 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Filaments
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- fibril
- filum
- strand
- beams
- bundles
- fabrics
- fascicles
- fibres
- fillets
- imports
- kgm
- lamps
Crossword Answer definitions
HAIRS noun- A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.
- The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body.
- A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.
- A cellular outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated.
- A locking spring or other safety device in the lock of a rifle, etc., capable of being released by a slight pressure on a hair-trigger.
- Haircloth; a hair shirt.
- Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.
- Complexity; difficulty; quality of being hairy
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 HAIRS
- Pate topper
- Peruke components
- What nitpickers split
- Lock parts?
- Wisps
- Lock parts
- Split ___ (nitpick)
- Salon sweepings
- Wig components
- Split ___ (quibble)
More clues leading to the result THREADS
- Getup
- Filaments
- Clothing, in slang
- They're found in nuts
- Clothes, slangily
- Duds
- Nut features
- Winds (one's way) through
- Clothes, so to speak
- Clothing, so to speak