The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word HOISTS , but the solution may also be PILFERS which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Lifts crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HOISTS | 26 % | 6 |
| STEALS | 11 % | 6 |
| HEFTS | 9 % | 5 |
| BUOYS | 6 % | 5 |
| RAISES | 6 % | 6 |
| HIKESUP | 6 % | 7 |
| RIDES | 6 % | 5 |
| GLOMS | 3 % | 5 |
| PILFERS | 3 % | 7 |
| ELEVATORS | 3 % | 9 |
| SWIPES | 3 % | 6 |
| HEISTS | 3 % | 6 |
| EDIFIES | 3 % | 7 |
| NIPS | 3 % | 4 |
| HEELS | 3 % | 5 |
| UPRAISES | 3 % | 8 |
| ELEVATES | 3 % | 8 |
| COPS | 3 % | 4 |
Why may PILFERS be the right solution?
The word "lifts" is a clue for a synonym of "steals", which is "pilfers".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Lifts
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- rise
- raising
- arise
- elevator
- elevate
- get up
- bring up
- move up
- elevation
- raise
- heave
- go up
Crossword Answer definitions
HOISTS noun- A hoisting device, such as pulley or crane.
- The act of hoisting; a lift.
- The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length, when flying from a staff.
- The vertical edge of a flag which is next to the staff.
- The height of a fore-and-aft sail, next the mast or stay.
- To raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, said of a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight).
- To lift a trophy or similar prize into the air in celebration of a victory.
- To lift someone up to be flogged.
- To be lifted up.
- To extract (code) from a loop construct as part of optimization.
- To steal, to rob.
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 HOISTS
- Mechanically raises up
- Picks up
- Gives a leg up
- Raises, as a sail
- Lifts
- Derricks and cranes
- Construction site apparatuses
- Raises
- Wreckers' attachments
- Blocks and tackles
More clues leading to the result STEALS
- Takes a five-finger discount
- Shopper's bargains
- Ganks
- Baseball stat
- Fingers
- Makes it home safe, say
- Great bargains
- Pirates
- Good buys
- Lifts
More clues leading to the result HEFTS
- Weights
- Tests something's weight by lifting
- Hoists a weight
- Tests the weight of
- Lifts up
- Tests by lifting
- Lifts with effort
- Hoists with difficulty
- Strains to lift
- Hoists
More clues leading to the result BUOYS
- Channel markers
- Gulls' perches, often
- Harbor markers
- Keeps afloat, with "up"
- Lifts up
- Holds up
- Floats in the harbor
- Some meteorological data collectors
- Elevates
- Regatta markers
More clues leading to the result RAISES
- Brings up
- Bumps up
- Hikes in pay
- Ups
- Erects, as a barn
- Post-review rewards
- Does more than see
- Poker ploys
- Contract demands
- Rewards from the boss
More clues leading to the result HIKESUP
More clues leading to the result RIDES
- Disneyland attractions
- Disneyland thrillers
- Amusement park attractions
- Baits
- Carnival attractions
- Funfair fare
- Goes on wheels
- Funfair features
- Musical ___ (R.C.M.P.'s equestrian shows)
- Uses a bus pass
More clues leading to the result GLOMS
- Swipes
- Makes off with
- Grasps, with "onto"
- Grabs, in slang
- Lifts
- Grabs (onto)
- ___ on to (grabs)
- Latches (onto)
- Steals, slangily
- Seizes, slangily
More clues leading to the result PILFERS
More clues leading to the result ELEVATORS
- Leeds lifts, stateside
- Stairway alternatives
- 29-Down fears them
- Boxy conveyances
- They have their ups and downs
- They move people in skyscrapers
- Lifts.
- Grain storage places.
- Buildings for storing grain.
- Features of skyscrapers.
More clues leading to the result SWIPES
- Makes off with
- Pilfers
- Steals
- Uses a credit card scanner
- Cops
- Pinches
- Processes during checkout, as a credit card
- Slides through a reader
- Reads, as a credit card
- Pilfers.
More clues leading to the result HEISTS
- Steals, as jewels
- Bank jobs?
- Bank jobs, e.g.
- Capers for coppers
- Bank robbers' jobs
- Burglars' big plans
- Jobs involving lifting?
- Ripoffs
- Dangerous jobs
- Some museum jobs
More clues leading to the result EDIFIES
- Enlightens
- Uplifts, intellectually
- Makes wiser
- Conveys knowledge to
- Lifts
- Uplifts
- Schools in morality
- Teaches.
- Instructs morally.
More clues leading to the result NIPS
- Small shots of booze
- Bites
- Pinches
- Sips at the brandy
- Snorts
- Wins, barely
- Attacks, puppy-style
- Tiny drinks
- Hooch hits
- Just beats
More clues leading to the result HEELS
- Pumps
- Loaf ends
- The bread ends
- Uncomfortable premiere wear
- No-goodniks
- Formal shoes
- Scalawags
- Alternative to flats
- Dastards
- Elevating footwear