The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word LINT , but the solution may also be POPO which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Fuzz crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LINT | 59 % | 4 |
| NAP | 15 % | 3 |
| COPS | 8 % | 4 |
| HEAT | 7 % | 4 |
| COP | 3 % | 3 |
| POLICE | 3 % | 6 |
| COPPERS | 2 % | 7 |
| POPO | 2 % | 4 |
| FIVEO | 2 % | 5 |
Why may POPO be the right solution?
"POPO" is slang for police or law enforcement officers, who are sometimes referred to as "the fuzz." Therefore, "Fuzz" is a fitting answer for the clue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Fuzz
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- hair
- blur
- cop
- bull
- copper
- pig
- tomentum
- lint
- cops
- chicken
- detective
- shoot
Crossword Answer definitions
LINT noun- A fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds.
- Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc.
- The fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant.
- Raw cotton ready for baling.
- To perform a static check on (source code) to detect stylistic or programmatic errors.
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 LINT
- Drier residue
- Dryer residue
- Serge suit problem
- Dryer attachment?
- Dryer dregs
- Dryer fluff
- Fuzzy stuff
- Pocket filler, maybe
- Fuzz
- Kind of screen
More clues leading to the result NAP
- Fabric fuzz
- Afternoon snooze
- Drift off for a bit
- Part of a toddler's afternoon routine
- Take a snooze
- Day break
- Fuzzy fabric surface
- Fast crash?
- Quick time out?
- Fuzzy surface
More clues leading to the result COPS
- Beat men
- Police officers
- Reality TV program
- Takes without permission
- Pros with radar guns
- Flatfeet
- Fuzz
- Its theme is "Bad Boys"
- Reality show from 1989
- O.P.P. members, familiarly
More clues leading to the result HEAT
- Kind of wave
- Word with dead or prickly
- Miami five
- Miami quintet
- Pressure
- Pressure, slangily
- Summer wave
- Topic in the tropics
- Miami cager
- Olympics preliminary
More clues leading to the result COP
- Flatfoot
- __ a plea
- Friday, e.g.
- One wielding tear gas or driving a tank, perhaps, alas (and, after burrowing, a 37-Down/43-Across from Barry Manilow)
- Beat walker
- Bobby from Britain
- Filch
- One in a cruiser
- Pig
- Whistle blower?
More clues leading to the result POLICE
- Fuzz
- Chase scene party, often
- Part of R.C.M.P.
- Part of O.P.P.
- Gun-toting group
- Men and women in blue
- Cops
- Sting's band, with "The"
- Law enforcers
- Part of MP
More clues leading to the result COPPERS
More clues leading to the result POPO
- 5-0
- Cops, in street slang
- Wyoming's ___ Agie River
- Cops, in slang
- Law enforcers, slangily
- Law force, slangily
- Law enforcers, in slang
- Coppers
- Cops, slangily
- Law enforcement, slangily