The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word RUT which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2025.
Groove crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RUT | 58 % | 3 |
| STRIA | 20 % | 5 |
| SLOT | 11 % | 4 |
| SEAM | 4 % | 4 |
| DADO | 1 % | 4 |
| SLIT | 1 % | 4 |
| STRIATE | 1 % | 7 |
| CREASE | 1 % | 6 |
| RABBET | 1 % | 6 |
| TRACK | 1 % | 5 |
Why may RUT be the right solution?
"RUT" can be synonymous with "groove" in the sense of a fixed, usually boring routine or pattern of behavior.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Groove
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- gouge
- furrow
- rout
- rut
- slot
- trench
- grommet
- notch
- socket
- canal
- stria
- channel
Crossword Answer definitions
RUT noun- Sexual desire or oestrus of cattle, and various other mammals.
- The noise made by deer during sexual excitement.
- Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote.
- To be in the annual rut or mating season.
- To have sexual intercourse.
- To have sexual intercourse with.
- A furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground, as from the passage of many wheels along a road.
- A fixed routine, procedure, line of conduct, thought or feeling.
- A dull routine.
- To make a furrow.
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 RUT
- Furrow
- Groove
- Same old same old
- Boring routine
- Monotonous routine
- Rat-race course?
- Sticking point?
- Sticking point
- Ungroovy groove
- Bad groove to be in
More clues leading to the result STRIA
- Thin line or band
- Channel
- Narrow furrow
- Groove
- Narrow grooves
- Parallel lines
- Minute groove
- Muscle fiber
- Tiny groove
- Ridge in muscle fiber
More clues leading to the result SLOT
- Atlantic City machine
- Casino machine
- Kind of car
- Meter mouth
- One-armed bandit
- Parking-meter feature
- Vegas machine
- Casino lure
- Job opening
- Opening in Vegas?
More clues leading to the result SEAM
- Layer of coal
- Clothes line?
- Coal deposit
- Junction
- Sewer's line
- Coal vein
- It holds things together
- It's in stitches
- Ridge on a baseball
- Sewer's junction
More clues leading to the result DADO
- Carpentry groove
- Pedestal part
- Carpenter's joint
- Carpenter's groove
- Area above a column base, in architecture
- Woodworking slot
- Woodworking groove
- Woodworker's groove
- Carpentry joint used in bookcases
- Ornamental border
More clues leading to the result SLIT
More clues leading to the result STRIATE
- Mark with a line or band
- Make groovy
- Groovy
- Furrowed
- Marbled
- Grooved, as a muscle
- Furrow or streak
- Like skeletal muscles
- Create furrows in
- Groove
More clues leading to the result CREASE
- Fold location
- Goalie's area
- Clothing fold
- Pressing concern
- Trouser fold
- Zone near a goalie
- Fold
- Hockey-net area
- Clothing line
- Hockey line
More clues leading to the result RABBET
- Carpentry groove
- Joint in carpentry
- Carpenter's cut.
- Groove
- Carpenter's joint
- Notch or groove in a board
- Joiner's groove
- Notch cut into a board
- Groove made to hold two pieces together