The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word DORIES , but the solution may also be TRAWLERS which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Fishing boats crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DORIES | 45 % | 6 |
| TRAWLERS | 25 % | 8 |
| SMACKS | 25 % | 6 |
| SLOOPS | 5 % | 6 |
Why may TRAWLERS be the right solution?
The term "trawlers" specifically refers to fishing boats that use a fishing net called a trawl to catch fish. This makes it the correct answer to the clue "Fishing boats."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Fishing boats
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- fishing smack
- fishermen
- sailboats
- sailing boat
- watercraft
- boatmen
- fisherman
- sportfishing
- sailing vessel
- rowing boat
- boatsman
- boating
Crossword Answer definitions
DORIES noun- A small flat-bottomed boat with pointed or somewhat pointed ends, used for fishing both offshore and on rivers.
- Any of several different families of large-eyed, silvery, deep-bodied, laterally compressed, and roughly discoid marine fish.
- A wooden pike or spear about three metres (ten feet) in length with a flat, leaf-shaped iron spearhead and a bronze butt-spike (called a sauroter), which was the main weapon of hoplites in Ancient Greece. It was usually not thrown but rather thrust at opponents with one hand.
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 DORIES
- Fishing vessels
- Flat-bottomed boats
- Fishing boats
- Flat-bottom boats
- Large rowboats.
- Fishing boats.
- Boats.
- Small seaworthy craft.
- Walleyes
- Boats with paddles
More clues leading to the result TRAWLERS
More clues leading to the result SMACKS
- Busses
- Is suggestive (of)
- Has the flavor (of)
- Gives a hand?
- Kisses aloud
- Honey ___ (kids' breakfast cereal)
- Big wet ones
- Suggests, with "of"
- Eager lip sounds
- Hints at, with "of"