The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SHIP , but the solution may also be CARGO SHIP which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).
Freighter crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SHIP | 25 % | 4 |
| BARGE | 25 % | 5 |
| COALER | 25 % | 6 |
| CARGO SHIP | 25 % | 10 |
Why may CARGO-SHIP be the right solution?
"CARGO SHIP" is the right answer because a freighter is a type of ship that is specifically designed to carry goods or cargo from one place to another.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Freighter
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- merchant ship
- merchantman
- bottom
- cargo
- freight
- shipment
- ship
- shipping
- houseboat
- vessel
- boat
- carrier
Crossword Answer definitions
SHIP noun- A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
- (chiefly in combination) A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship.
- A sailing vessel with three or more square-rigged masts.
- A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
- The third card of the Lenormand deck.
- To send by water-borne transport.
- To send (a parcel or container) to a recipient (by any means of transport).
- To release a product to vendors; to launch.
- To engage to serve on board a vessel.
- To embark on a ship.
- To put in its place.
- To take in (water) over the sides of a vessel.
- To pass (from one person to another).
- To go all in.
- To trade or send a player to another team.
- To bungle a kick and give the opposing team possession.
- A fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional.
- To support or approve of a fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional, typically in fan fiction.
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 SHIP
- "Shape up or __ out!"
- Send
- Titanic, for one
- Spacecraft
- Use FedEx, say
- Deck's location
- Dispatch
- Drop off at FedEx Office, perhaps
- Frigate, for one
- Swell vehicle?
More clues leading to the result BARGE
- Cleo's transport
- Towed craft
- Canal craft
- Canal sight
- River boat
- Nile transport
- Craft for Cleo
- Admiral's boat
- Harbor hauler
- Tug's tow
More clues leading to the result COALER
- Anthracite transporter
- Fuel carrier
- Fossil fuel transport
- Fossil fuel freighter
- Fuel ship
- Fossil-fuel hauler
- Cargo vessel.
- Fueling ship.
- Freight ship.
- Fueling vessel.