The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word LIE which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2014.
Invention crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LIE | 50 % | 3 |
| DEVICE | 13 % | 6 |
| IDEA | 13 % | 4 |
| CREATION | 13 % | 8 |
| ELECTRICLAMPTAE | 13 % | 15 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Invention
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- innovation
- excogitation
- design
- conception
- inventive
- devising
- inventor
- brainchild
- resourcefulness
- creation
- inventiveness
- discovery
Crossword Answer definitions
LIE noun- The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.
- The terrain and conditions surrounding the disc before it is thrown.
- The position of a fetus in the womb.
- A manner of lying; relative position.
- An animal's lair.
- To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
- To be placed or situated.
- To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.
- Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist.
- Used with with: to have sexual relations with.
- Used with on/upon: to be incumbent (on); to be the responsibility of a person.
- To lodge; to sleep.
- To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
- To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.
- To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive.
- To convey a false image or impression.
- To be mistaken or unintentionally spread false information.
- An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood.
- A statement intended to deceive, even if literally true; a half-truth
- Anything that misleads or disappoints.
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 LIE
- "The check is in the mail," often
- Course position
- Fish story
- Flunk a polygraph
- Golfer's consideration
- Make the polygraph go nuts
- Pinocchio's downfall
- Sprawl
- Swear that black is white
- Tell a whopper
More clues leading to the result DEVICE
- Creative-writing technique
- Word after flotation or mnemonic
- Contrivance
- Scheme
- Gizmo
- Plot mechanism
- Figure of speech
- Instrument.
- Contrivance.
- Gadget.
More clues leading to the result IDEA
- Concept
- "What's the big __?"
- Brainstorm
- Cartoon bubble
- Clue
- Gist
- Inspiration
- Light bulb, in comics
- Notion
- Sneaking suspicion
More clues leading to the result CREATION
- First act?
- Genesis
- Handiwork.
- Invention
- Week's work for God
- World
- Couturier's product
- Haydn oratorio, with "The"
- Genesis highlight
- Subject of religious myths