Answer to "Howls" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word BAYS which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2024.

Howls crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer Likelyness Letters
BAYS73 %4
ULULATES20 %8
WAULS7 %5

Why may BAYS be the right solution?

When animals like wolves or hounds howl, they often make a deep, prolonged sound known as a "bay." This term is commonly used to describe the characteristic howling of these animals, making "BAYS" the fitting answer to the clue "Howls."

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Howls

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.
  • yowl
  • ululate
  • ululation
  • roar
  • wrawl
  • wail
  • yammer
  • yawl
  • bays
  • cries
  • screams
  • shrieks

Crossword Answer definitions

BAYS noun
  1. A berry.
  2. Laurus nobilis, a tree or shrub of the family Lauraceae, having dark green leaves and berries.
  3. Bay leaf, the leaf of this or certain other species of tree or shrub, used as a herb.
  4. (in the plural) The leaves of this shrub, woven into a garland used to reward a champion or victor; hence, fame, victory.
  5. A tract covered with bay trees.
  6. A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeche in Mexico.
BAYS noun
  1. A body of water (especially the sea) more or less three-quarters surrounded by land.
  2. A bank or dam to keep back water.
BAYS noun
  1. An opening in a wall, especially between two columns.
  2. An internal recess; a compartment or area surrounded on three sides.
  3. The distance between two supports in a vault or building with a pitched roof.
  4. Each of the spaces, port and starboard, between decks, forward of the bitts, in sailing warships.
  5. A bay platform.
  6. A bay window.
BAYS noun
  1. The excited howling of dogs when hunting or being attacked.
  2. (by extension) The climactic confrontation between hunting-dogs and their prey.
  3. A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible.
BAYS verb
  1. To howl.
  2. To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay.
  3. To pursue noisily, like a pack of hounds.
BAYS noun
  1. A brown colour/color of the coat of some horses.
  2. A horse of this color.
BAYS noun
  1. Baize.

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