The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word EEL , but the solution may also be ANGLE which is one of the most recent solution (2011 in New York Times).
Fish crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EEL | 16 % | 3 |
| SOLE | 10 % | 4 |
| EELS | 9 % | 4 |
| ANGLE | 7 % | 5 |
| GAR | 6 % | 3 |
| SHAD | 5 % | 4 |
| CARP | 4 % | 4 |
| SMELT | 4 % | 5 |
| DACE | 3 % | 4 |
| SCAD | 3 % | 4 |
| OPAH | 3 % | 4 |
| COD | 3 % | 3 |
| TUNA | 2 % | 4 |
| BASS | 2 % | 4 |
| TROLL | 2 % | 5 |
| PIKE | 2 % | 4 |
| GARS | 2 % | 4 |
| IDE | 1 % | 3 |
| PERCH | 1 % | 5 |
| HAKE | 1 % | 4 |
| SKATE | 1 % | 5 |
| TROUT | 1 % | 5 |
| CERO | 1 % | 4 |
| LING | 1 % | 4 |
| VIGODACHARACTER | 1 % | 15 |
| GRUNT | 1 % | 5 |
| CODS | 1 % | 4 |
| RAY | 1 % | 3 |
| SPRAT | 1 % | 5 |
| SKATES | 1 % | 6 |
| STINGRAY | 1 % | 8 |
| BREAM | 1 % | 5 |
| TARPON | 1 % | 6 |
| LINGS | 0 % | 5 |
| HERRING | 0 % | 7 |
| SCROD | 0 % | 5 |
| SEABASS | 0 % | 7 |
| ALEWIFE | 0 % | 7 |
| TRAWL | 0 % | 5 |
| OPAHS | 0 % | 5 |
| KIPPER | 0 % | 6 |
| GUPPY | 0 % | 5 |
| GHOTI | 0 % | 5 |
| SCUP | 0 % | 4 |
| LOACH | 0 % | 5 |
| SOLES | 0 % | 5 |
| CHUB | 0 % | 4 |
| HADDOCK | 0 % | 7 |
| OLDWIFE | 0 % | 7 |
| LAKEBASS | 0 % | 8 |
| SHINER | 0 % | 6 |
| ALEWIVES | 0 % | 8 |
| TUNAS | 0 % | 5 |
| POUT | 0 % | 4 |
| PLAICE | 0 % | 6 |
| POUTS | 0 % | 5 |
| GROPE | 0 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Fish
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- gull
- sucker
- shlemiel
- mark
- chump
- schlemiel
- fool
- angle
- soft touch
- fall guy
- mug
- go fish
Crossword Answer definitions
EEL noun- Any freshwater or marine fish of the order Anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes.
- The European eel, Anguilla anguilla.
- To fish for eels.
- To move with a sinuous motion like that of an eel.
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 EEL
- Cave-dwelling fish
- Conger
- Elder elver
- Grown-up elver
- Long swimmer
- Scaleless fish
- Scaleless swimmer
- Sea shocker
- Slippery customer
- Slippery fish
More clues leading to the result SOLE
- Exclusive
- Flatfish
- Lone
- Plantar-wart locale
- Type of fillet
- A flatfish
- Dover fish
- Fish dish
- One and only
- ____ survivor
More clues leading to the result EELS
- Shockers
- Colubrine fish
- Shocking sea creatures
- Sinuous swimmers
- Skinny swimmers
- Slippery swimmers
- Sniggler's catch
- Sushi fare
- Swimming shockers
- Trattoria listing
More clues leading to the result ANGLE
- Go for fluke
- Point of view
- Emulate Walton
- Fish
- Slant
- Special approach
- It can be right, but not wrong (n.b. "your girlfriend" is too many letters)
- Story line
- Con man's scheme
- This is measured in degrees
More clues leading to the result GAR
- Long-snouted swimmer
- Needlefish
- Long-snouted fish
- Sharp-toothed fish
- Long-jawed fish
- Fish that resembles an alligator
- Long fish
- Slender swimmer
- Car's home, in realty ads
- Fish with a long nose
More clues leading to the result SHAD
- It's roe is a delicacy
- Herring relative
- Herring's relative
- Herring's kin
- Herring-like fish
- Herringlike fish
- Roe-producing fish
- Canadian rapper not named for river herring
- Roe source
- Migrating fish
More clues leading to the result CARP
- Find fault in a disagreeable way
- Freshwater catch
- Pond fish
- Bottom feeder
- Food fish
- Freshwater fish
- Find fault
- Complain
- Complain, like a fish?
- Beef
More clues leading to the result SMELT
- Cold-water catch
- Fuse, as ore
- Silvery fish
- Grunion relative
- Small, slender fish
- Make bronze
- Refine, as ore
- Process, as ore
- Refine ore
- Make aluminum
More clues leading to the result DACE
- Carp kin
- Freshwater fish
- Small freshwater fish
- North American minnow
- Carp and minnows
- Minnow variety
- Silvery freshwater fish
- Fresh-water fish
- Small fish
- Minnow
More clues leading to the result SCAD
- Carangid fish
- Mackerel
- Huge amount
- A whole lot
- Big batch
- Warm-water fish
- Whole slew
- Large amount
- Tropical fish
- Fish also called a goggle-eye
More clues leading to the result OPAH
- Brightly colored fish
- Vividly-colored fish
- Brightly-colored fish
- Colorful fish
- Moonfish
- Big and bright fish
- Bright fish
- Colorful deepwater fish
- Fish that's also a talk show host with one letter missing
- Haddock cousin
More clues leading to the result COD
- Cape __ (house style)
- Catch of the day, perhaps
- Massachusetts cape
- Massachusetts food fish
- Package letters
- Dietary oil source
- Pollock's cousin
- Food fish
- Common food fish
- Atlantic catch
More clues leading to the result TUNA
- Charlie, for one
- Salad fish
- Sandwich stuffer
- Popular salad ingredient
- Sandwich stuff
- Canned fish
- Deli filling
- Pitch fish Charlie
- Sashimi selection
- Mercury-heavy fish
More clues leading to the result BASS
- Choir member
- Choir voice
- Stereo knob
- Anglers pursuit
- Fishy instrument?
- It can have a big or a small mouth
- It may be striped
- Kind of fiddle
- Doo-wop group member
- Kind of drum or fiddle
More clues leading to the result TROLL
- Under-bridge dweller of myth
- Folk tale creature
- Fish, in a way
- Northern gnome
- Comments section annoyance
- Deliberately inflammatory poster on message boards
- Mythical monster
- Being under a bridge
- Fairy-tale monster
- 1960s fad doll
More clues leading to the result PIKE
- Old infantry weapon
- Explorer Zebulon
- Toll road
- Eponym of a peak
- Diver's position
- Sweet Betsy's home
- Diving position
- Long-nosed swimmer
- Peak discoverer Zebulon
- Diving position resembling the letter V
More clues leading to the result GARS
- Long-snouted fish
- Needlefishes
- Long-jawed fish
- Fish with long snouts
- Needlefish
- Long-jawed fish species
- Needle-nosed fishes
- Long-jawed fishes
- Narrow-snouted swimmers
- Beaked fish
More clues leading to the result IDE
- Chemical suffix
- A, b, h, or r ender
- Ox tail?
- O(ne of si)x (for a h)e(xago)n (or five for a pyrami)d
- Chemical ending
- Fluor- or brom- suffix
- Suffix with ox
- Suffix with chlor- or fluor-
- Suffix with cyan
- Carplike food fish
More clues leading to the result PERCH
- Bird's roost
- Freshwater fish
- Sit, perhaps precariously
- Vantage point
- Spiny-finned food fish
- Roost
- Sit, like a parrot
- Elevated seat
- Sit
- Sit, like a sparrow
More clues leading to the result HAKE
- Cod-like fish
- Cod's cousin
- Cod-like seafood
- Cod cousin
- Cod relative
- Cousin of the Atlantic cod
- Cod's kin
- Cod kin
- Fish dish
- Cod's close cousin
More clues leading to the result SKATE
- Circle the rink
- Flat fish
- Ray
- Ray variety
- Emulate Boitano
- Ray fish
- What Eric Heiden did well
- Bladed shoe
- Contemptible person
- In-line vehicle
More clues leading to the result TROUT
- Food fish
- Rainbow or brook
- Freshwater game fish
- With 21-Across, where to put certain fish being sent to another department?
- Lake fish
- Prized catch
- Brook yields
- Dolly Varden, for one
- Lake catch
- Fly-fisher's prize
More clues leading to the result CERO
- Mackerel kin
- Uno minus uno
- Larger mackerel
- It's nothing to a Spaniard
- Goya's goose egg?
- 0, in Spain
- Dos minus dos
- Atlantic mackerel
- Food fish.
- Mackerel-like food fish.
More clues leading to the result LING
- Duck tail?
- Ender for ding-a
- Selma Bouvier's adopted baby on "The Simpsons"
- Member of cod family
- Lisa, ex of "The View"
- Cod cousin
- Suffix for earth ... and no other planet
- Suffix with earth or duck
- Heather
- Weak finish?
More clues leading to the result VIGODACHARACTER
More clues leading to the result GRUNT
- Sound from the sty
- Sound from a pig pen
- Sty sound
- Porcine sound
- Struggler's sound
- Heaving sound
- Infantryman, in slang
- Sow's sound
- Gym sound
- Weight room sound
More clues leading to the result CODS
- Food fishes
- Seafood fishes
- Seafood choices
- Soft-rayed food fishes
- Some food fishes
- Bottom fishes
- Types of Atlantic fish
- Some UPS deliveries
- Certain UPS deliveries
- Bottom fish
More clues leading to the result RAY
- Hope unit?
- Robinson or Leonard of the ring
- Sunbeam
- Shaft of light
- Sun beam
- "___ Donovan" (Showtime show)
- Barb-tailed fish
- Rachael of the Food Network
- Minimal hope
- Bit of sunshine
More clues leading to the result SPRAT
- Jack who avoided fat
- Jack with a low-fat diet
- When canned, it's a sardine
- Lean eater
- Jack in a kiddie's rhyme
- Sardine relative
- Type of herring
- Mother Goose dieter
- Young 'un
- Small silvery herring
More clues leading to the result SKATES
- They required keys, once
- Shoes for Hughes
- Big fish
- Penguins wear them
- Bonnie Blair's footwear
- Roller derby gear
- Non-holy rollers?
- Hockey equipment
- Hans Brinker's footwear
- Necessity at a roller rink
More clues leading to the result STINGRAY
- Whip-tailed swimmer
- Fish whose tail is longer than its body
- Flat fish
- Fish with a dangerous tail
- Barb-tailed fish
- Classic sports car
- Ocean-bottom hider
- 1963 Chevrolet debut
- Manta's cousin
- Whip-tailed flat fish.
More clues leading to the result BREAM
- Saltwater porgy
- Minnow family member
- Grammy-winning British guitarist Julian
- Red-breasted sunfish
- Kin to a porgy
- Porgy's cousin
- Bluegill
- Silver-scaled fish
- Guitarist Julian
- Freshwater sunfish
More clues leading to the result TARPON
- Silvery game fish
- Bony sport fish
- Sport fisher's catch
- Large-scaled game fish
- Big Atlantic game fish
- Sport fish
- Game fish
- Atlantic game fish
- Bony game fish
- Silver king.
More clues leading to the result LINGS
- Ding-a-___
- Large marine food fishes.
- Codlike fishes.
- Burbot and hake.
- European food-fishes.
- Fish of the cod family.
- Fish.
- Suffixes with duck and hire.
- Food fishes
- Ding-a- -- (dopes)
More clues leading to the result HERRING
- A red one is no clue at all
- It's misleading when it's red
- Sardine relative
- Kippered fish
- Iowa Senator in 77th Congress.
- Red ___.
- Little fish.
- Fish.
- Shad or sardine
- Abundant food fish
More clues leading to the result SCROD
- Wail
- Catch of the day, sometimes
- Young haddock
- Hyannisport course
- Popular whitefish
- Fish dish
- Fish-and-chips fish
- Dinner entree fish
- Seafood choice
- New England seafood
More clues leading to the result SEABASS
- Grouper
- Chilean fish
- Fish filet order
- Chilean entree
- Marine food fish
- Saltwater swimmer
- Chilean food fish
- Saltwater catch
- Cape Cod entrée
- Chilean ___ (Patagonian toothfish)
More clues leading to the result ALEWIFE
- Herring's kin
- Fish also known as a river herring
- Stout server?
- Shadlike fish
- Great Lakes fish
- Herring relative
- Shad relative
- Food fish of herring family.
- Herringlike fish.
- Atlantic food fish.
More clues leading to the result TRAWL
- Use a dragnet
- Work with a net, in a way
- Fishing net
- Dragged fishing net
- Fish net
- Fish with a big net
- Fishing option that's a total drag?
- Large fishing net
- Shrimper's net
- Fish, in a way
More clues leading to the result OPAHS
- Colorful fish
- Brightly colored fish
- Brightly-colored fish
- Vividly colored fish
- Some aquarium denizens
- Colorful swimmers
- Warm-blooded fish
- Large sea fish, highly colored.
- Atlantic fish.
- Large tropical fishes.
More clues leading to the result KIPPER
More clues leading to the result GUPPY
- Popular tropical fish
- Aquarium dweller
- Small swimmer
- Common aquarium fish
- Aquarium swimmer
- Tiny aquarium inhabitant
- Just a little fishy
- Rainbow fish
- Aquarium fish
- Fish bowl resident.
More clues leading to the result GHOTI
- Jokey alternative spelling for "fish" widely attributed to George Bernard Shaw
- Humorous spelling of "fish"
- Shaw's phonetic spelling of "fish"
- "Fish"
More clues leading to the result SCUP
- Food fish
- Atlantic food fish With 48 Across,
- Atlantic food fish
- Fish commonly known as a porgy
- North Atlantic food fish
- Atlantic fish
- Porgy variety
- Food fish.
- American porgy.
- A food fish like the porgy.
More clues leading to the result LOACH
- Aquarium bottom-feeder
- Aquarium bottomfeeder
- Fresh-water fish.
- Fish akin to the carp.
- Fish.
- Freshwater fish
- Aquarium fish
- Carp's cousin
- Slender freshwater fish
- Aquarium cleaner-fish
More clues leading to the result SOLES
- Loafer bottoms
- They're on the bottom
- Shoe parts
- They're always underfoot
- Converse converse sides
- People walk all over them
- They're underfoot
- Loafer's bottoms
- Places for treads
- Brogue parts
More clues leading to the result CHUB
- Carp-like fish
- Minnow relative
- Great Lakes fish
- Kin of a carp
- Ray-finned fish
- Ray-finned freshwater fish
- Whitefish cousin
- Fat fish?
- Extra pounds, in slang
- Black porgy, e.g.
More clues leading to the result HADDOCK
More clues leading to the result OLDWIFE
More clues leading to the result LAKEBASS
More clues leading to the result SHINER
- Pugilist's blemish
- Mouse
- Slugfest souvenir
- Souvenir from a slugger
- Result of a punch in the face, perhaps
- Result of walking into a door, perhaps
- Haymaker's result
- Black eye
- Boxer's bruise
- Eye shadow?
More clues leading to the result ALEWIVES
- Some Taproom owners
- Lake Michigan herring
- Pub proprietresses
- Old English pub proprietors
- Herringlike fish.
- Atlantic Coast herrings.
- Fish of the herring family.
- Herring-like fish.
- Fish.
- Small fish
More clues leading to the result TUNAS
- Albacore and yellowtail
- Bluefins
- Skipjack and bluefin
- Albacore and others
- Bluefin and yellowfin
- Albacore and bluefin
- Skipjack and albacore
- Albacore and yellowfin
- Bluefin and albacore
- Sandwich orders
More clues leading to the result POUT
- Wear a long puss
- Be a sore loser, in a way
- Put on a face
- Look of displeasure
- Get all mopey
- Sullen look
- Fit of sulking
- Sulk in silence
- Keep a stiff lower lip?
- Sulk
More clues leading to the result PLAICE
- American flatfish or flounder
- Flatfish
- The summer flounder.
- European flounder.
- Flatfish.
- Flat fish with white spots.
- European food fish.
- Fish.
- Flounder.
- Summer flounder.
More clues leading to the result POUTS
- Is a sore loser
- Makes a face
- Jeopardizes Santa's visit
- Looks sullen
- Acts sulky
- Lip-protruding expressions
- Sulks
- Acts petulant
- Fits of pique
- Sullen looks