The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SHAD which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2015.
Herring crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SHAD | 44 % | 4 |
| SPRAT | 25 % | 5 |
| ALEC | 19 % | 4 |
| ALEWIFE | 6 % | 7 |
| SPRATS | 6 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Herring
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- clupea harangus
- blueback
- mackerel
- shad
- coho
- whitefish
- haddock
- codfish
- cisco
- kipper
- spawn
- boning
Crossword Answer definitions
SHAD noun- Any one of several species of food fishes that make up the genus Alosa in the family Clupeidae, to which the herrings also belong; river herring.
- The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
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 SHAD
- It's roe is a delicacy
- Herring relative
- Herring's relative
- Herring's kin
- Herring-like fish
- Herringlike fish
- Roe-producing fish
- Canadian rapper not named for river herring
- Roe source
- Migrating fish
More clues leading to the result SPRAT
- Jack who avoided fat
- Jack with a low-fat diet
- When canned, it's a sardine
- Lean eater
- Jack in a kiddie's rhyme
- Sardine relative
- Type of herring
- Mother Goose dieter
- Young 'un
- Small silvery herring
More clues leading to the result ALEC
- Actor Baldwin
- A Baldwin brother
- Actor Guinness
- Baldwin of "Glengarry Glen Ross"
- Baldwin or Waugh
- Fish sauce
- Guinness, for one
- Obi Wan's portrayer
- One of the Baldwins
- Waugh or Guinness
More clues leading to the result ALEWIFE
- Herring's kin
- Fish also known as a river herring
- Stout server?
- Shadlike fish
- Great Lakes fish
- Herring relative
- Shad relative
- Food fish of herring family.
- Herringlike fish.
- Atlantic food fish.