The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word AXES , but the solution may also be CANS which is one of the most recent solution (2022 in Wall Street Journal).
Fires crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| AXES | 39 % | 4 |
| CANS | 28 % | 4 |
| SACKS | 16 % | 5 |
| ARDORS | 3 % | 6 |
| SHOOTSOFF | 3 % | 9 |
| PINKSLIPS | 3 % | 9 |
| BOOTS | 3 % | 5 |
| SHOOTS | 1 % | 6 |
| TRASHCANS | 1 % | 9 |
| STOKES | 1 % | 6 |
| GIVESONETHESACK | 1 % | 15 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Fires
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- fuel
- flame
- blast
- flaming
- burn down
- burn
- kindle
- enkindle
- sack
- open fire
- flak
- raise
Crossword Answer definitions
AXES noun- A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it.
- An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.
- A dismissal or rejection.
- A gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz.
- A position, interest, or reason in buying and selling stock, often with ulterior motives.
- The axle of a wheel.
- To request (information, or an answer to a question).
- To put forward (a question) to be answered.
- To interrogate or enquire of (a person).
- To request or petition; usually with for.
- To request permission to do something.
- To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity.
- To invite.
- To publish in church for marriage; said of both the banns and the persons.
- To take (a person's situation) as an example.
- To fell or chop with an axe.
- To lay off, terminate or drastically reduce, especially in a rough or ruthless manner; to cancel.
- To furnish with an axle.
- An imaginary line around which an object spins (an axis of rotation) or is symmetrically arranged (an axis of symmetry).
- A fixed one-dimensional figure, such as a line or arc, with an origin and orientation and such that its points are in one-to-one correspondence with a set of numbers; an axis forms part of the basis of a space or is used to position and locate data in a graph (a coordinate axis)
- The second cervical vertebra of the spine
- A form of classification and descriptions of mental disorders or disabilities used in manuals such as the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
- The main stem or central part about which organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged
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 AXES
- Chops off
- Fires
- Shows to the door
- Terminates
- X, Y, and Z
- Fellers
- Graph lines
- Fire department tools
- Lines in geometry class
- Props in some "The Wizard of Oz" costumes
More clues leading to the result CANS
- Puts up?
- Some recyclables
- Preserves
- Recyclables
- Blocks someone from their trade?
- Ends of a certain homemade phone
- Food drive offerings
- Fires
- Supermarket stack
- Bomb shelter items
More clues leading to the result SACKS
- Potato packages
- Potato holders
- Neuroscientist Oliver
- Potato bags
- "Awakenings" author
- Fires
- Gives the ax to
- Lets go
- Axes
- Burlap bags
More clues leading to the result ARDORS
- Spirits
- Passionate states
- Passions
- Enthusiasms.
- Warmth, fire, spirit.
- Fervid feelings.
- Passions.
- Intensities of feeling.
- Zeals
- Fires
More clues leading to the result SHOOTSOFF
More clues leading to the result PINKSLIPS
More clues leading to the result BOOTS
- These Are Made For Walkin'
- 1903 Kipling poem
- Starts up, as a PC
- Starts up the PC
- Wellies, e.g.
- Sax legend Randolph
- Starts up, as a program
- Gets a kick out of?
- "Yakety Sax" player Randolph
- Mukluks
More clues leading to the result SHOOTS
- Uses a camera
- Tries basket-making, in a way
- Pulls the trigger
- Moves rapidly through
- Makes films
- "Eats, __ & Leaves": punctuation handbook
- Photographs
- Tries to score
- Snaps
- New growth
More clues leading to the result TRASHCANS
- "Circular files"
- Refuse receptacles
- They're full of garbage
- Certain containers.
- Curbside sights
- *Fires
- They might get dumped after being taken out
More clues leading to the result STOKES
- Keeps the fire burning
- Adds fuel to
- Feeds a furnace
- Fuels
- Feeds
- Stirs up
- Makes hotter, in a way
- Tends, as a fire
- Fires up
- Stirs up, as a fire