The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BREAM which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2005.
Freshwater fish with silvery scales crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BREAM | 100 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Freshwater fish with silvery scales
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- abramis brama
- european bream
- bleak
- dace
- tench
- argentine
- shiner
- whitefish
- bloodfin
- stone roller
- white bass
- bream
Crossword Answer definitions
BREAM noun- A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known.
- A species in that genus, Abramis brama.
- An American fresh-water fish, of various species of Lepomis and allied genera, which are also called sunfishes and pondfishes.
- A marine sparoid fish of the genus Pagellus, and allied genera.
- To clean (e.g. a ship's bottom of clinging shells, seaweed, etc.) by the application of fire and scraping.
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