The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word DOWNS which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2019.
Football plays crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DOWNS | 33 % | 5 |
| PUNTS | 20 % | 5 |
| LATERALS | 20 % | 8 |
| SCRIMMAGES | 7 % | 10 |
| HANDOFFS | 7 % | 8 |
| ENDRUNS | 7 % | 7 |
| PASSES | 7 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Football plays
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- footballer
- fullback
- quarterback
- halfback
- center
- eleven
- end
- guard
- linebacker
- snapper
- tackle
- tailback
Crossword Answer definitions
DOWNS noun- A negative aspect; a downer.
- A grudge (on someone).
- An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.
- A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed.
- (crosswords) A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.
- A downstairs room of a two-story house.
- Down payment.
- To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down, to fell.
- To lower; to put (something) down.
- To defeat; to overpower.
- To disparage, to put down.
- To go or come down; to descend.
- To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.
- To render (the ball) dead, typically by touching the ground while in possession.
- (pocket billiards) To sink (a ball) into a hole or pocket.
- (especially southern England) A hill, especially a chalk hill; rolling grassland
- (usually in the plural) A field, especially one used for horse racing.
- (chiefly in the plural) A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep.
- Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.
- The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle.
- The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
- That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.
- To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.
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 DOWNS
- Swallows
- Churchill __
- Former "20/20" anchor Hugh
- Churchill follower
- Chugs
- Hugh or Epsom
- Swallows in a hurry
- Gridiron series
- Topples
- Eats
More clues leading to the result PUNTS
- Some special teams plays
- Fourth-down plays
- Kicks on fourth down
- Gridiron kicks
- Turns over the football
- Kicks, as a football
- Rugby kicks
- Fourth-down plays, often
- Dolphin kicks
- Football kicks
More clues leading to the result LATERALS
- Passing plays
- Backward passes
- Some gridiron passes
- Some passes
- Football passes
- Short football passes
- Football passes.
- Football plays.
- Football pass plays.
- Sides.
More clues leading to the result SCRIMMAGES
More clues leading to the result HANDOFFS
More clues leading to the result ENDRUNS
- Sweeps on the field
- Gridiron sweeps
- Evasive maneuvers
- Avoidance strategies
- Evasive tactics
- Sweeps on a gridiron
- Football rushing plays
- Evasive actions
- Football maneuvers.
- Evasive moves