Answer to "First, second, etc" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word GEARS which also is the latest solution we found used in Boston Globe in 2009.

First, second, etc crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
GEARS	33 %	5
BASES	33 %	5
ORDINAL	33 %	7

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: First, second, etc

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• duplicate
• ordinal
• advent
• either
• other
• premier
• sixth
• declension
• instance
• repeater
• teg
• consequent

Crossword Answer definitions

GEARS noun

1. Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
2. Clothing; garments.
3. Goods; property; household items.
4. A wheel with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other; a gear wheel.
5. A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved.
6. A configuration of the transmission of a motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque.
7. Recreational drugs, including steroids.
8. Stuff.
9. Business matters; affairs; concern.
10. Anything worthless; nonsense; rubbish.

GEARS verb

1. To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.
2. To be in, or come into, gear.
3. To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
4. (usually with to or toward(s)) To design or devise (something) so as to be suitable (for a particular type of person or a particular purpose).
5. To borrow money in order to invest it in assets.

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 GEARS

• Bevel and worm
• First and reverse
• They're often switched
• What a shift shifts
• "Let me change ___ here ..."
• Transmission heart
• Stick-shift selections
• First, second, etc.
• PRNDL picks
• Cogwheels

More clues leading to the result BASES

• Some are being closed
• Diamond corners
• First, second, and third
• Private parts?
• Stepped-on sacks
• Military locations
• Diamond quartet
• Infield bags
• They may be stolen at Shea
• Underpinnings

More clues leading to the result ORDINAL

• Like 9th or 10th
• It will probably end with "th"
• First or second
• First, second, or third
• Kind of number
• First, second, or third, e.g.
• First or second, say
• Fifth, e.g.
• Number designating rank
• Like first and second