The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SEED , but the solution may also be GIST which is one of the most recent solution (2019 in Wall Street Journal).
Kernel crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
SEED | 24 % | 4 |
GIST | 17 % | 4 |
MEAT | 13 % | 4 |
NUT | 13 % | 3 |
NUB | 9 % | 3 |
NUTMEAT | 4 % | 7 |
CORE | 4 % | 4 |
ESSENCE | 4 % | 7 |
GERM | 2 % | 4 |
GRAIN | 2 % | 5 |
PITH | 2 % | 4 |
NUCLEUS | 2 % | 7 |
NIBLET | 2 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Kernel
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- center
- sum
- gist
- nitty-gritty
- substance
- essence
- inwardness
- heart
- marrow
- meat
- core
- pith
Crossword Answer definitions
SEED noun- A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant.
- Any small seed-like fruit.
- Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.
- (collective) An amount of seeds that cannot be readily counted.
- A fragment of coral.
- Semen.
- A precursor.
- The initial state, condition or position of a changing, growing or developing process; the ultimate precursor in a defined chain of precursors.
- Offspring, descendants, progeny.
- Race; generation; birth.
- A small bubble formed in imperfectly fused glass.
- To plant or sow an area with seeds.
- To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
- To start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of.
- To allocate a seeding to a competitor.
- To leave (files) available for others to download through peer-to-peer file sharing protocols (e.g. BitTorrent).
- To be qualified to compete, especially in a quarter-final, semi-final or final.
- To produce seed.
- To grow to maturity.
- To ejaculate inside the penetratee during intercourse, especially in the rectum.
- (stative) To perceive or detect with the eyes, or as if by sight.
- To form a mental picture of.
- (social) To meet, to visit.
- To be the setting or time of.
- (by extension) To ensure that something happens, especially while witnessing it.
- To wait upon; attend, escort.
- To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value.
- To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if or whether).
- (used in the imperative) To reference or to study for further details.
- To examine something closely, or to utilize something, often as a temporary alternative.
- To include as one of something's experiences.
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 SEED
- Kind of pearl
- Pet-shop vittles
- Plant
- Sow
- Tourney rank
- Growing need
- It's for the birds
- It's scattered in spring
- Parakeets' eats
- Peach pit
More clues leading to the result GIST
- Essence
- Heart of the matter
- Basic idea
- Basic picture
- Nuts and bolts
- Main point
- Nub
- Heart
- Central meaning
- Nitty-gritty
More clues leading to the result MEAT
- Butcher's stock
- Headcheese, essentially
- Edible flesh
- Sum and substance
- Carnivore's need
- Goes with potatoes
- Potatoes' companion
- Food in a locker
- Ribs and such
- Ham or lamb
More clues leading to the result NUT
- Bread or butter ender
- Cashew
- Off-the-wall guy
- Screwball
- Brazil or pecan
- Chest or dough finisher
- Hazel, for one
- Flake
- Litchi or flake
- Macadamia, for one
More clues leading to the result NUB
- Gist
- Broken crayon, perhaps
- Heart
- Pencil box bit
- Very-much-used pencil
- Oversharpened pencil?
- Well-worn pencil
- Essence
- Essential point
- Short piece of pencil
More clues leading to the result NUTMEAT
More clues leading to the result CORE
- Apple throwaway
- Apple leftover
- Innermost part
- Part of the earth
- Reactor part
- Prepare apples
- Sum and substance
- Apple remnant
- Computer memory, in the old days
- Heart of a nuclear reactor
More clues leading to the result ESSENCE
- Magazine whose 2013 cover models have included Janelle MonĂ¡e and Serena Williams
- Crux
- Gist
- Main point
- Gist or quiddity
- Kernel
- Nitty-gritty
- Intrinsic nature
- Heart and soul
- Perfume
More clues leading to the result GERM
- Kind of warfare
- Minute organism
- Idea's beginning
- Microbe
- Cold start?
- Sanitizer's target
- Start of an idea
- Start of something big
- Starting point
- What's going around
More clues leading to the result GRAIN
- Fodder
- Small measure
- Bit of salt
- Hourglass bit
- Kind of alcohol
- Wood pattern
- Apothecaries' weight unit
- Tiniest amount of rice
- Silo contents
- Elevator filler
More clues leading to the result PITH
- Central part
- Essence
- Kind of helmet
- Brevity
- Core
- Heart of the matter
- Essence or core
- Importance
- Safari helmet material
- Essential part