The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SHADE , but the solution may also be JILT which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in USA Today).
Ghost crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SHADE | 28 % | 5 |
| SPOOK | 20 % | 5 |
| SPIRIT | 11 % | 6 |
| SPECTER | 11 % | 7 |
| WRAITH | 7 % | 6 |
| APPARITION | 4 % | 10 |
| PHANTASM | 4 % | 8 |
| HAUNTER | 2 % | 7 |
| JILT | 2 % | 4 |
| BLURRYTVIMAGE | 2 % | 13 |
| SPECTRE | 2 % | 7 |
| UNNAMEDAUTHOR | 2 % | 13 |
| REVENANT | 2 % | 8 |
| FAINTLIKELIHOOD | 2 % | 15 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Ghost
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- wraith
- specter
- spectre
- spook
- haunt
- obsess
- ghostwrite
- touch
- ghostwriter
- shade
- trace
- phantom
Crossword Answer definitions
SHADE noun- Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
- Something that blocks light, particularly in a window.
- A variety of a colour/color, in particular one obtained by adding black (compare tint).
- A subtle variation in a concept.
- An aspect that is reminiscent of something.
- A very small degree of a quantity, or variety of meaning
- A ghost or specter; a spirit.
- A postage stamp showing an obvious difference in colour/color to the original printing and needing a separate catalogue/catalog entry.
- (originally gay slang) Subtle insults.
- To shield from light.
- To alter slightly.
- To vary or approach something slightly, particularly in color.
- (of a defensive player) To move slightly from one's normal fielding position.
- To darken, particularly in drawing.
- To surpass by a narrow margin.
- To reduce (a window) so that only its title bar is visible.
- To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen.
- To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent.
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 SHADE
- Elm offering
- Protect, in a way
- Color variation
- Bed Bath & Beyond purchase
- Color choice
- What sombreros offer
- Nuance
- Chiaroscuro feature
- Coloration
- What an elm casts
More clues leading to the result SPOOK
- Ghost
- Scare
- Haunted-house figure
- Shake up
- Halloween haunter
- Covert operative, slangily
- Frighten
- Frighten, as horses
- Freak out
- Frighten, as a horse
More clues leading to the result SPIRIT
- Seance attendee, perhaps
- Rapper who doesn't say anything
- Genie or poltergeist
- Pluck
- Team morale
- Team's attribute
- Apparition
- Ghost
- Soul
- Cheerleader's asset
More clues leading to the result SPECTER
- Spirit
- Senator from Pennsylvania
- Haunting image
- Phantom
- Ghost
- Ghostly apparition
- Shade
- Apparition.
- It appears to Old Scrooge.
- Spook.
More clues leading to the result WRAITH
- Ghost
- Apparition
- Specter
- Ghostly vision
- Spirit
- Eerie apparition
- Shade
- Visible spirit
- Ghostly spirit
- Ghostly figure
More clues leading to the result APPARITION
- One meaning of "fetch"
- Ghost
- UFO, perhaps
- "Blithe Spirit."
- Haunted house occupant.
- Specter.
- Banquo, for one.
- Ghost.
- Specter; phantom
- Shade
More clues leading to the result PHANTASM
More clues leading to the result HAUNTER
More clues leading to the result JILT
- Get a change of mind during the bachelor party, maybe
- Leave at the church
- Stop, in the name of love?
- Send a Dear John letter
- Leave at the altar
- Leave as a lover
- Drop a honey
- Leave in the lurch
- Leave, as a lover
- Reject
More clues leading to the result BLURRYTVIMAGE
More clues leading to the result SPECTRE
- 2015 Bond flick
- Marley's ghost, for one
- Terrorist organization fought by James Bond
- Ghost, British style
- Group 007 fought
- The ghost of Mrs. Muir?
- Greenwich ghost
- Apparition, to a Brit
- Ghost, to a Brit
- 6 Down/8 Down adversary