The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word CRAB , but the solution may also be EMPIRE which is one of the most recent solution (2007 in Washington Post).
Kind of apple crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CRAB | 26 % | 4 |
| ROME | 22 % | 4 |
| SORB | 17 % | 4 |
| ADAMS | 9 % | 5 |
| EMPIRE | 4 % | 6 |
| GOLDENDELICIOUS | 4 % | 15 |
| GREENING | 4 % | 8 |
| CARAMEL | 4 % | 7 |
| WINESAP | 4 % | 7 |
| RUSSET | 4 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Kind of apple
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- russet
- crab
- adams
- pomewater
- apple-john
- empire
- rome
- sorb
- winesap
- caramel
- greening
- durance
Crossword Answer definitions
CRAB noun- A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
- The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat
- A bad-tempered person.
- (in plural crabs) An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).
- A playing card with the rank of three.
- A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water.
- A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it inconvenient and troublesome to use.
- An unsold book that is returned to the publisher.
- To fish for crabs.
- To ruin.
- To complain.
- To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).
- To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.
- To move (a camera) sideways.
- (World War I), to fly slightly off the straight-line course towards an enemy aircraft, as the machine guns on early aircraft did not allow firing through the propeller disk.
- To back out of something.
- The crab apple or wild apple.
- The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use.
- A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
- A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.
- A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.
- A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
- A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
- (obsolete) To irritate, make surly or sour
- To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault.
- (British dialect) To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick
- The tree species Carapa guianensis, native to South America.
- Short for carabiner.
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 CRAB
- Blue, stone or fiddler
- Complain, needlessly
- Grumpy person
- Bellyache
- Fiddler, for one
- Grouch
- Grump
- Grumpy one
- Curmudgeon
- Tasty cake?
More clues leading to the result ROME
- "When in __ ..."
- Capitoline Museum site
- Colosseum site
- Eternal City of seven hills
- Claudius's domain
- The Eternal City
- Italian city where the fictional Lizzie McGuire becomes a pop star
- Where people once were used to sets of letters like 7-Down
- "Tosca" setting
- City on the Tiber
More clues leading to the result SORB
- Soak up
- Tart fruit
- Old World fruit tree
- Ending for ab or ad
- Ad or ab ending
- Gather on a surface
- European apple tree
- European tree
- Soak up, in chemistry
- Slavic native of Saxony.
More clues leading to the result ADAMS
- First veep
- Second and sixth presidential name
- Don of "Get Smart"
- John and Samuel
- John or John Q.
- Photographer Ansel
- First Lady Abigail
- __ apple
- First vice president
- "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" author
More clues leading to the result EMPIRE
- Kingly realm
- Fox drama whose guest stars have included Gladys Knight and Juicy J
- Darth Vader's dominion
- Ottoman, e.g.
- Caesar had one
- Of the Napoleonic era
- Vast dominion
- High-waisted style
- Big business
- Realm
More clues leading to the result GOLDENDELICIOUS
- Snack for 48A
- Apple variety
- Yellow-skinned apple
- Salad fruit
- Kind of apple
- Popular apple
- Certain apple
- Apple
- Baldwin kin
More clues leading to the result GREENING
- "The ___ of America"
- A kind of apple.
- Kind of apple.
- Variety of apple.
- An apple
- Reich's "The ___ of America"
- Making environmentally friendly
- Eco-friendly procedure
More clues leading to the result CARAMEL
- Chewy candy
- Apple covering
- Golden-brown color
- Blocked sweet
- Dulce de leche flavor
- Sweet apple coating
- Chewy ingredient in a Twix candy bar
- Flan topping
- Apple topping
- Confection created by heating sugar
More clues leading to the result WINESAP
- Apple variety
- Crisp apple
- McIntosh kin
- Slightly tart apple
- Autumn apple
- Type of apple
- Winter apple.
- Type of apple.
- Good apple.
- Apple.