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 New York Times in 2014.
Herringlike fish crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SHAD | 76 % | 4 |
| SHADS | 7 % | 5 |
| ALEWIFE | 5 % | 7 |
| SARDINES | 2 % | 8 |
| ALEWIVES | 2 % | 8 |
| ANCHOVY | 2 % | 7 |
| MENHADEN | 2 % | 8 |
| SPRAT | 2 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Herringlike fish
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- anchovy
- sardine
- shad
- sprat
- alewife
- menhaden
- scad
- jewfish
- serranoid
- abalone
- abdominal
- ablen
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 SHADS
- Roe sources
- Some herrings
- Certain food fishes
- Herrings' cousins
- Fish used for bait
- Herringlike fish
- Salt-water fishes.
- Herrings' relatives.
- River fish.
- Food fish
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.
More clues leading to the result SARDINES
- Pilchards
- Tiny fishes
- Fish in a crowded-subway metaphor
- Commuting metaphor
- Rush hour metaphor
- Popular fish
- Tightly packed fish
- Tom treat
- Fish in cans
- Fish in a can
More clues leading to the result ALEWIVES
- Some Taproom owners
- Lake Michigan herring
- Pub proprietresses
- Old English pub proprietors
- Herringlike fish.
- Atlantic Coast herrings.
- Fish of the herring family.
- Herring-like fish.
- Fish.
- Small fish
More clues leading to the result ANCHOVY
- Caesar salad option
- Caesar salad morsel, maybe
- Pizza topping
- Antipasto fish
- Herring at a cocktail party.
- Type of herring.
- Antipasto item.
- Herringlike fish
- Food fish
- Tapenade ingredient
More clues leading to the result MENHADEN
- Atlantic Coast catch
- Atlantic fish
- Fish of the herring family.
- Most abundant of fishes on Atlantic coast.
- Sea fish used for bait.
- Sea fish yielding oil.
- Sea fish.
- Most abundant Atlantic Coast fish
- Silver-scaled swimmer
- Cousin of a herring