The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CLUES which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2018.
Hints crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CLUES | 34 % | 5 |
| CUES | 23 % | 4 |
| TINGES | 9 % | 6 |
| TIPS | 9 % | 4 |
| INKLINGS | 7 % | 8 |
| TRACES | 5 % | 6 |
| OVERTONES | 5 % | 9 |
| OMENS | 2 % | 5 |
| INTIMATES | 2 % | 9 |
| TOUCHES | 2 % | 7 |
| SUGGESTS | 2 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Hints
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- intimation
- suggest
- suggestion
- touch
- trace
- jot
- pinch
- speck
- tip
- breath
- wind
- clue
Crossword Answer definitions
CLUES noun- A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide.
- Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.
- An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.
- Insight or understanding ("to have a clue [about]" or "to have clue". See have a clue, clue stick)
- To provide with a clue.
- To provide someone with information which he or she lacks (often used with "in" or "up").
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 CLUES
- Leads for Columbo
- Hints
- You're reading them
- 57-Across's specialty (especially terrible puns and wacky wordplay)
- Solver's helpers
- ...and what its characters seek
- Items like this
- Crossword puzzle part
- Poirot's collection
- Crossword necessity
More clues leading to the result CUES
- Pool tools
- Stage prompts
- Prompts
- Nine-ball needs
- Pool necessities
- Stage directions?
- Tools that help you with your banking
- "The Hustler" props
- Minnesota Fats's gear
- Prompts from the wings
More clues leading to the result TINGES
- Some shades
- Slight traces
- Slight colorations
- Shades
- Small traces
- Colors
- Bits of color
- Nuances
- Traces
- Faint hues
More clues leading to the result TIPS
- Insiders information
- They're usually not reported
- Track advice
- Helpful hints
- Helping hints
- Henhouse rarity
- Video game walkthrough fodder
- Waitress's wages, largely
- Bits of advice
- Pianist's jarful, maybe
More clues leading to the result INKLINGS
More clues leading to the result TRACES
- Shreds
- 1969 Classics IV hit
- 1969 hit song by the Classics IV
- Remnants
- Minute amounts
- Tiny amounts
- Copies, in a way
- Hints
- Vestiges
- Tracks down
More clues leading to the result OVERTONES
- Added implicit meanings
- More-than-meets-the-eye meanings
- Harmonics
- Hinted-at hidden meanings
- Suggestions
- Richness of suggestion, as in a poem.
- Implications.
- Implications
- STREAKERS = TOP NOTES
- They may be religious
More clues leading to the result OMENS
- Portents
- Premonitions
- Prophetic signs
- Signs to heed
- Straws in the wind
- Signs
- Auguries
- Foretokens
- Signs of the times
- Harbingers