The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word PLEAT , but the solution may also be TUCK which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in LA Times).
Fold crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PLEAT | 46 % | 5 |
| CREASE | 17 % | 6 |
| LAP | 9 % | 3 |
| PEN | 6 % | 3 |
| PLAIT | 3 % | 5 |
| TUCK | 3 % | 4 |
| BEND | 2 % | 4 |
| PLY | 2 % | 3 |
| DRAPE | 2 % | 5 |
| PLICATION | 1 % | 9 |
| PLICA | 1 % | 5 |
| RUGA | 1 % | 4 |
| COTE | 1 % | 4 |
| CRIMP | 1 % | 5 |
| LAYER | 1 % | 5 |
| LOOP | 1 % | 4 |
| ENTWINE | 1 % | 7 |
| GOBROKE | 1 % | 7 |
| WRAP | 1 % | 4 |
| IMOUT | 1 % | 5 |
Why may TUCK be the right solution?
"TUCK" can mean to fold or push a loose end, edge, or part of something into a particular place or position, which makes it the correct answer for the clue "Fold".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Fold
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- crease
- bend
- faithful
- close
- fold up
- congregation
- turn up
- crimp
- multiple
- shut down
- flexure
- close down
Crossword Answer definitions
PLEAT noun- A fold in the fabric of a garment, usually a skirt, as a part of the design of the garment, with the purpose of adding controlled fullness and freedom of movement, or taking up excess fabric. There are many types of pleats, differing in their construction and appearance.
- A fold in an organ, usually a longitudinal fold in a long leaf such as that of palmetto, lending it stiffness.
- A plait.
- To form one or more pleats in a piece of fabric or a garment.
- To plait.
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 PLEAT
- Arrange in folds
- Fabric fold
- Safari-jacket fold
- Cummerbund feature
- Fold
- Cummerbund crease
- Pants fold
- Tuxedo shirt feature
- Accordion feature
- Kilt feature
More clues leading to the result CREASE
- Fold location
- Goalie's area
- Clothing fold
- Pressing concern
- Trouser fold
- Zone near a goalie
- Fold
- Hockey-net area
- Clothing line
- Hockey line
More clues leading to the result LAP
- Once around at Indy
- Once around the track
- Toddler's perch
- A place of luxury?
- Santa's seat
- Computer's place
- Roller-derby unit
- Race unit
- You can't stand to have one
- Storytime perch
More clues leading to the result PEN
- Compose
- Escritoire item
- Parker product
- Shirt-pocket stainer
- Sty
- Hoosegow
- Place to warm up
- Waterman or Parker
- Author's need
- Corral
More clues leading to the result PLAIT
More clues leading to the result TUCK
- Diving position
- Nip partner
- Fold
- Plastic-surgery operation
- Sherwood Forest friar
- Put to bed snugly, with "in"
- Nip's partner
- Robin's friar friend
- Friar who was Robin Hood's friend
- Tummy ___
More clues leading to the result BEND
More clues leading to the result PLY
- Use diligently
- Practice
- Two-__ (like some tissue)
- Two-__ (like some tissue)ยท
- Toilet paper unit
- Layer
- Carry on
- Toilet paper layer
- Toilet paper measurement
- Thickness
More clues leading to the result DRAPE
- Window treatment
- Hang in folds
- Hang
- Spit rhymes (or ... loosely arrange, as a cloth)
- Held up by a rod
- Hang around a window?
- Hang loosely
- Window hanging
- Scene shielder
- Curtain
More clues leading to the result PLICATION
More clues leading to the result PLICA
More clues leading to the result RUGA
- Fold.
- Plica.
- Wrinkle.
- Anatomical wrinkle.
- Wrinkle: Lat.
- Botanic wrinkle.
- Wrinkle: Zool.
- Wrinkle
- Wrinkle, to an M.D.
- Botanical wrinkle
More clues leading to the result COTE
- Pigeon coop
- Sheep shelter
- Pigeon's abode
- __ d'Ivoire (African nation)
- Sheep shed
- Bird shelter
- Dove's gathering
- Pigeon shelter
- __ d'Azur
- Shed for sheep
More clues leading to the result CRIMP
- Use a curling iron
- Fold
- Make corrugated
- Pinch together
- Put a ___ in (interfere with)
- Hamper
- Make wavy
- Pinch and press, as pie crust edges
- Pinch, as piecrust
- Hindrance
More clues leading to the result LAYER
- Hen
- Cake part
- Stratum
- Sweater, e.g.
- Mason at work
- Mother hen in action
- Sedimentary-rock feature
- Make into a parfait, say
- Kind of cake
- Working hen
More clues leading to the result LOOP
- Aerial maneuver
- Air-show maneuver
- Noose
- Chicago area
- Enwreathe
- Repeating series of instructions
- Certain hole
- Aerobatic maneuver
- Stunt plane maneuver
- Bow part
More clues leading to the result ENTWINE
- Get all wrapped up
- Interlace
- Interweave
- Get tangled
- Get twisted
- Pait
- Wrap around
- Do the twist?
- Mix up, in a way
- Curl around
More clues leading to the result GOBROKE
More clues leading to the result WRAP
- Stole
- Prepare to send
- Shawl, for one
- Hand it to the hat-check clerk
- Sandwich alternative
- Low-carb sandwich alternative, at least they market it that way
- Low-carb sandwich option
- Prepare presents
- Finish (up), as a movie
- Lunch option ... or lunch litter