The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word DACE which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 1996.
Fresh-water fish crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DACE | 28 % | 4 |
| CHUB | 11 % | 4 |
| IDE | 9 % | 3 |
| PERCH | 7 % | 5 |
| TENCH | 6 % | 5 |
| CARP | 6 % | 4 |
| BREAM | 6 % | 5 |
| DACES | 4 % | 5 |
| LOACH | 4 % | 5 |
| PIKE | 4 % | 4 |
| BURBOT | 4 % | 6 |
| SHINER | 2 % | 6 |
| POUT | 2 % | 4 |
| SHAD | 2 % | 4 |
| ORF | 2 % | 3 |
| PICKEREL | 2 % | 8 |
| MOONEYE | 2 % | 7 |
| PICKERELS | 2 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Fresh-water fish
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- freshwater fish
- perch
- bream
- carp
- dace
- chub
- burbot
- tench
- loach
- pout
- pickerel
- darter
Crossword Answer definitions
DACE noun- The shoal-forming fish Leuciscus leuciscus common in fast-flowing rivers in England and Wales and in Europe.
- Any of various related small fish of the family Cyprinidae that live in freshwater and are native to North America.
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 DACE
- Carp kin
- Freshwater fish
- Small freshwater fish
- North American minnow
- Carp and minnows
- Minnow variety
- Silvery freshwater fish
- Fresh-water fish
- Small fish
- Minnow
More clues leading to the result CHUB
- Carp-like fish
- Minnow relative
- Great Lakes fish
- Kin of a carp
- Ray-finned fish
- Ray-finned freshwater fish
- Whitefish cousin
- Fat fish?
- Extra pounds, in slang
- Black porgy, e.g.
More clues leading to the result IDE
- Chemical suffix
- A, b, h, or r ender
- Ox tail?
- O(ne of si)x (for a h)e(xago)n (or five for a pyrami)d
- Chemical ending
- Fluor- or brom- suffix
- Suffix with ox
- Suffix with chlor- or fluor-
- Suffix with cyan
- Carplike food fish
More clues leading to the result PERCH
- Bird's roost
- Freshwater fish
- Sit, perhaps precariously
- Vantage point
- Spiny-finned food fish
- Roost
- Sit, like a parrot
- Elevated seat
- Sit
- Sit, like a sparrow
More clues leading to the result TENCH
- Carp cousin
- European freshwater fish.
- Fresh-water fish like the dace.
- Fresh-water fish.
- European food fish.
- Carp.
- Freshwater fish.
- Relative of the dace.
- European fish
- European freshwater fish
More clues leading to the result CARP
- Find fault in a disagreeable way
- Freshwater catch
- Pond fish
- Bottom feeder
- Food fish
- Freshwater fish
- Find fault
- Complain
- Complain, like a fish?
- Beef
More clues leading to the result BREAM
- Saltwater porgy
- Minnow family member
- Grammy-winning British guitarist Julian
- Red-breasted sunfish
- Kin to a porgy
- Porgy's cousin
- Bluegill
- Silver-scaled fish
- Guitarist Julian
- Freshwater sunfish
More clues leading to the result DACES
- River fish
- Carp relatives
- Carp cousins
- Fresh-water fish.
- Golden shiners.
- Small fishes.
- Black-nosed fish.
- Fishes related to carp.
- Carplike fish.
- European fish
More clues leading to the result LOACH
- Aquarium bottom-feeder
- Aquarium bottomfeeder
- Fresh-water fish.
- Fish akin to the carp.
- Fish.
- Freshwater fish
- Aquarium fish
- Carp's cousin
- Slender freshwater fish
- Aquarium cleaner-fish
More clues leading to the result PIKE
- Old infantry weapon
- Explorer Zebulon
- Toll road
- Eponym of a peak
- Diver's position
- Sweet Betsy's home
- Diving position
- Long-nosed swimmer
- Peak discoverer Zebulon
- Diving position resembling the letter V
More clues leading to the result BURBOT
More clues leading to the result SHINER
- Pugilist's blemish
- Mouse
- Slugfest souvenir
- Souvenir from a slugger
- Result of a punch in the face, perhaps
- Result of walking into a door, perhaps
- Haymaker's result
- Black eye
- Boxer's bruise
- Eye shadow?
More clues leading to the result POUT
- Wear a long puss
- Be a sore loser, in a way
- Put on a face
- Look of displeasure
- Get all mopey
- Sullen look
- Fit of sulking
- Sulk in silence
- Keep a stiff lower lip?
- Sulk
More clues leading to the result SHAD
- It's roe is a delicacy
- Herring relative
- Herring's relative
- Herring's kin
- Herring-like fish
- Herringlike fish
- Roe-producing fish
- Canadian rapper not named for river herring
- Roe source
- Migrating fish
More clues leading to the result ORF
- Yellow fish, variety of ide.
- Yellow fish.
- Yellow fish, the ide.
- Small fish.
- A fish, the yellow ide.
- Yellow fish
- Fresh-water fish
- Sore mouth: Brit
- Golden ide