The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word DOBBIN which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1956.
Gentle family horse crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DOBBIN | 100 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Gentle family horse
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- lees
- foal
- ass
- donkey
- zebra
- horae
- bluefish
- mantis
- gentlefolk
- gentlefolks
- spinster
Crossword Answer definitions
DOBBIN noun- An old jaded horse.
- Sea gravel mixed with sand.
- Any of several animals related to Equus ferus caballus.
- Equipment with legs.
- Type of equipment.
- A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse (said of a vein) is to divide into branches for a distance.
- The sedative, antidepressant, and anxiolytic drug morphine, chiefly when used illicitly.
- An informal variant of basketball in which players match shots made by their opponent(s), each miss adding a letter to the word "horse", with 5 misses spelling the whole word and eliminating a player, until only the winner is left. Also HORSE, H-O-R-S-E or H.O.R.S.E. (see Variations of basketball#H-O-R-S-E).
- (among students) A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination.
- (among students) horseplay; tomfoolery
- Heroin (drug).
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