The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TIDAL , but the solution may also be SINE which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Kind of wave crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TIDAL | 50 % | 5 |
| HEAT | 21 % | 4 |
| SINE | 11 % | 4 |
| CRIME | 4 % | 5 |
| RADIO | 3 % | 5 |
| ALPHA | 3 % | 5 |
| MARCEL | 3 % | 6 |
| SONIC | 2 % | 5 |
| MICRO | 2 % | 5 |
| PERM | 1 % | 4 |
| SEISMIC | 1 % | 7 |
| BRAIN | 1 % | 5 |
Why may SINE be the right solution?
A sine wave is a mathematical waveform that oscillates between a minimum and maximum value, and is commonly used to describe various types of waves including sound waves and light waves. Therefore, "SINE" is an appropriate answer to the clue "Kind of wave" in a crossword puzzle.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Kind of wave
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- sound wave
- light wave
- electromagnetic wave
- gravity wave
- microwave
- resonance
- acoustic emission
- wave packet
- wave
- saw
- differential
- resonant
Crossword Answer definitions
TIDAL adjective- Relating to tides
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 TIDAL
- Kind of wave
- Kind of wave or basin
- With 35A, Bay of Fundy phenomenon
- Kind of basin
- Like the ebb and flow of the sea
- Basin beginning
- Kind of pool
- Kind of pool or wave
- ___ pool
- Kind of a bore
More clues leading to the result HEAT
- Kind of wave
- Word with dead or prickly
- Miami five
- Miami quintet
- Pressure
- Pressure, slangily
- Summer wave
- Topic in the tropics
- Miami cager
- Olympics preliminary
More clues leading to the result SINE
- Trig function
- Triangle ratio
- The S in SOHCAHTOA
- Angle function
- Triangle relationship?
- Trig ratio
- Trigonometric function
- Graphing calculator function
- Simple wave shape
- Math function
More clues leading to the result CRIME
- "____ and Punishment"
- It's victimless, on occasion
- Violation of the law
- Inside job, for one
- It's illegal
- Newsmagazine staple
- What doesn't pay
- Battery, e.g.
- Non-payer?
- Felony
More clues leading to the result RADIO
- 1987 Woody Allen film "____ Days"
- Broadcast
- Stern's medium
- Ham's need
- It's often AM/FM
- Woody Allen film "____ Days"
- Listening device
- Talk show ____
- Taxi accessory
- Fireside-chat medium
More clues leading to the result ALPHA
- Lead in for particle or wave
- Top (dog)
- Word before male or dog
- Greek leader?
- Kind of male
- Dominant male
- Kind of man or dog
- ___ male
- ___ male (one who always gets his way)
- Leading character?
More clues leading to the result MARCEL
- Mime Marceau
- Marceau of mime
- Marceau the mime
- Artist Duchamp
- Hockey great Dionne
- Type of hair-do.
- He introduced the impermanent wave.
- Kind of wave.
- Proust.
- Proust
More clues leading to the result SONIC
- Boom in "The Right Stuff"
- Kind of boom
- Type of boom
- Cartoon character who curls in a ball and gives a thumbs-up
- Seattle NBAer
- Footlong Quarter Pound Coney fast food place
- Restaurant known as "America's Drive-In"
- Part of SST
- At Mach 1
- Video-game hedgehog
More clues leading to the result MICRO
- Phone opening?
- Extremely small
- Extremely tiny
- Prefix with economics
- Very small
- Prefix for dot
- Teensy-weensy
- Itty-bitty
- Chip starter?
- Prefix with brewery or wave
More clues leading to the result PERM
- Salon option
- Salon treatment
- Salon offering
- Big wave
- Curly treatment
- It can make waves
- A do
- Salon request
- Job for a stylist
- Salon service
More clues leading to the result SEISMIC
- Pertaining to quakes
- Pertaining to bad vibrations?
- Pertaining to earthquakes
- Earth-shaking
- Caused by bad vibrations?
- Caused by an earthquake
- Quaking?
- Groundbreaking?
- Like many tsunamis
- Like activity that can move mountains