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 |
| SPECTER | 11 % | 7 |
| SPIRIT | 11 % | 6 |
| WRAITH | 7 % | 6 |
| APPARITION | 4 % | 10 |
| PHANTASM | 4 % | 8 |
| UNNAMEDAUTHOR | 2 % | 13 |
| REVENANT | 2 % | 8 |
| FAINTLIKELIHOOD | 2 % | 15 |
| JILT | 2 % | 4 |
| HAUNTER | 2 % | 7 |
| BLURRYTVIMAGE | 2 % | 13 |
| SPECTRE | 2 % | 7 |
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 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 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 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 UNNAMEDAUTHOR
More clues leading to the result REVENANT
More clues leading to the result FAINTLIKELIHOOD
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