The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word PASS , but the solution may also be PUNT which is one of the most recent solution (2013 in CrossSynergy).
Football play crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PASS | 24 % | 4 |
| PUNT | 14 % | 4 |
| ENDRUN | 10 % | 6 |
| REVERSE | 8 % | 7 |
| LATERAL | 7 % | 7 |
| DOWN | 5 % | 4 |
| RUSH | 5 % | 4 |
| ENDAROUND | 5 % | 9 |
| SWEEP | 3 % | 5 |
| TRAP | 3 % | 4 |
| HANDOFF | 2 % | 7 |
| CRISSCROSS | 2 % | 10 |
| SAFETY | 2 % | 6 |
| SCREENPASS | 2 % | 10 |
| DROPKICK | 2 % | 8 |
| TACKLE | 2 % | 6 |
| QUARTERBACKSNEAK | 2 % | 16 |
| KEEPER | 2 % | 6 |
| SPOTPASS | 2 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Football play
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- football field
- american football
- flag football
- rugby football
- footballs
- association football
- football team
- footballers
- football stadium
- soccer
- ball game
- outdoor game
Crossword Answer definitions
PASS verb- To change place.
- To change in state or status
- To move through time.
- To be accepted.
- In any game, to decline to play in one's turn.
- To do or be better.
- To take heed.
- An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier such as a mountain range; a passageway; a defile; a ford.
- A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.
- A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over or along anything.
- A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
- An attempt.
- Success in an examination or similar test.
- A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
- A thrust; a sally of wit.
- A sexual advance.
- The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.
- A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other overtake it.
- Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.
- A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission
- An intentional walk.
- The act of overtaking; an overtaking manoeuvre.
- The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.
- Estimation; character.
- (Chaucer) A part, a division. Compare passus.
- The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the waiting staff.
- An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass".
- A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.
- A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).
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 PASS
- Annie Oakley, for one
- Drive by
- Overtake
- Pitch the pigskin
- Free ticket
- Get through
- "Do not ___ Go"
- QB play
- Don't bet
- Pull ahead of
More clues leading to the result PUNT
- Fourth-down maneuver
- Fourth-down play
- 4th-down play
- 4th and long play, often
- Flat-bottomed boat
- Fourth-down option
- Football kick
- Last resort for Paterno
- Special-team play
- Give up the pigskin
More clues leading to the result ENDRUN
- Pigskin carry
- Football tactic
- Evasive trick
- Football play
- Gridiron maneuver
- Gridiron sweep play, or an evasive maneuver
- Evasive maneuver
- Halfback's maneuver
- Sneaky maneuver
- Gridiron play
More clues leading to the result REVERSE
- Parallel parker's gear
- Side of a U.S. coin that expresses its value in words
- Gear used when parallel parking
- Flip
- Transpose
- About-face
- Turn around
- Way to go back
- One begins parallel parking in it
- Setback
More clues leading to the result LATERAL
- Certain pass
- Football throw
- Throw to the side
- Word with movement and thinking
- Sideways pass
- Pigskin pitchout
- Toward the side
- Kind of pass in football
- Sideways
- Gridiron pitchout
More clues leading to the result DOWN
- Fluffy feathers
- "Black Hawk ___" (2001 Ridley Scott movie)
- Like this answer
- See above
- Bummed
- This way
- Like this clue's answer
- The other way?
- Out partner
- Melancholy
More clues leading to the result RUSH
- First name in talk radio
- __-hour traffic
- First name in pontification
- Hurry
- 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees
- Kind of job that 20-Acrosses always feel like
- See 24-Down
- Advance on the gridiron
- Horsetail, for one
- Commuter convergence
More clues leading to the result ENDAROUND
More clues leading to the result SWEEP
- Total victory
- Win every game
- Clean finish?
- Take three of three
- Clean the floor
- Reform, for one
- Check for bugs
- Win 4 out of 4
- Win all of a series
- Four-game World Series, e.g.
More clues leading to the result TRAP
- "The Parent ____"
- "The Tender ___"
- Clay-pigeon launcher
- Mouth, slangily
- Pitfall
- Ensnare
- Golf course hazard
- Golf hazard
- Headache for Tiger Woods
- Lint spot
More clues leading to the result HANDOFF
More clues leading to the result CRISSCROSS
- Shoelaces do this
- What city streets do
- Move back and forth
- Ticktacktoe.
- Football play.
- X.
- Checkerboard pattern
- Traverse back and forth
- Intersect
- Pass back and forth over
More clues leading to the result SAFETY
- It should come first
- Two-pointer
- Crossing guard's concern
- Gridiron two-pointer
- Defensive backfield position, in football
- Part of OSHA
- Security
- Protection from harm
- Firearm feature
- Protected condition
More clues leading to the result SCREENPASS
- Blitz counter
- Quarterback option
- Football strategy
- Deceptive football play
- Football play
- What each picture was, literally?
- Grid play featuring a short toss
More clues leading to the result DROPKICK
- Old football play
- Bygone field goal attempt
- Old-fashioned field goal technique
- Football play
- Football boot.
- Old football maneuver
- Old football scoring play
- Quit / Quit
More clues leading to the result TACKLE
- Nail the ball carrier
- Play on the gridiron
- Have a go at
- Block's partner
- Wrestle a Bear?
- Set your mind to
- Fishing gear
- Dig into, as a chore
- Football play ender
- Take on, as a tough job
More clues leading to the result QUARTERBACKSNEAK
More clues leading to the result KEEPER
- Guardian
- Zoo or book follower
- Custodian
- Large enough fish
- Fisherman's prize
- Fish that's big enough
- Big fish, to a fisherman
- Quarterback option
- Something to hold on to
- The one that didn't get away