The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word REEL which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.
Lively dance crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| REEL | 30 % | 4 |
| GALOP | 20 % | 5 |
| JIG | 14 % | 3 |
| POLKA | 11 % | 5 |
| HORA | 4 % | 4 |
| SALSA | 3 % | 5 |
| FLING | 2 % | 5 |
| GAVOT | 2 % | 5 |
| SHAG | 2 % | 4 |
| CLOG | 1 % | 4 |
| SAMBA | 1 % | 5 |
| HORNPIPE | 1 % | 8 |
| STOMP | 1 % | 5 |
| GALLOPADE | 1 % | 9 |
| GAVOTTE | 1 % | 7 |
| GIGUE | 1 % | 5 |
| CONGA | 1 % | 5 |
| MAMBO | 1 % | 5 |
| HOP | 1 % | 3 |
| CHARLESTON | 1 % | 10 |
| FANDANGO | 1 % | 8 |
| CORANTO | 1 % | 7 |
| VIRGINIAREEL | 1 % | 12 |
| TANGO | 1 % | 5 |
| BOLERO | 1 % | 6 |
| CANCAN | 1 % | 6 |
| CUBANMAMBO | 1 % | 10 |
Why may REEL be the right solution?
A reel is a type of lively folk dance that originated in Scotland and Ireland. It is usually performed by couples who dance in a circular formation to lively music played on fiddles, accordions, or other traditional instruments.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Lively dance
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- jig
- fandango
- tango
- waltz
- courant
- colonia
- argentine
- samba
- volta
- canary
- polo
- salsa
Crossword Answer definitions
REEL noun- A shaky or unsteady gait.
- A lively dance originating in Scotland; also, the music of this dance; often called a Scottish (or Scotch) reel.
- A kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound.
- A machine on which yarn is wound and measured into lays and hanks, —-- for cotton or linen it is fifty-four inches in circuit; for worsted, thirty inches.
- A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the knives.
- A short compilation of sample film work used as a demonstrative resume in the entertainment industry.
- To wind on a reel.
- To spin or revolve repeatedly.
- To unwind, to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else.
- To walk shakily or unsteadily; to stagger; move as if drunk or not in control of oneself.
- (with back) To back off or step away unsteadily and quickly.
- To make or cause to reel.
- To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
- To be in shock.
- To roll.
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 REEL
- Feel dizzy
- Irish dance
- React to a haymaker
- Spin
- Fail a sobriety test, perhaps
- Rod's companion
- Spin about
- Angler's gear
- Hose holder
- Rod attachment
More clues leading to the result GALOP
- Duple-time dance
- Lively dance of old
- Lively dance
- Lively round dance
- Popular dance at Victoria's court
- Round dance
- Dance in double time
- Double-time dance
- Dance named for a horse's gait
- Lively country dance
More clues leading to the result JIG
- Lively dance in triple time
- Dance
- Lively dance
- Cork dance
- Dance in 12/8 time
- Dance performed in ghillies
- Irish dance
- Irishman's dance
- Leprechauns' steps
- Irish stepdance music
More clues leading to the result POLKA
- Bohemian round dance
- Gdansk dance
- Welk offering
- Oompah-band tune
- Piece for squeezeboxes
- Yankovic genre
- Beer Barrel dance
- Kind of dot
- Popular song genre on "The Lawrence Welk Show"
- Oktoberfest tune
More clues leading to the result HORA
- Round dance
- Circle dance
- Israeli dance
- Dance at a Jewish wedding
- Traditional circle dance
- Caterpillar creation
- Bar mitzvah dance
- Dance with a chair
- Dance after breaking the glass, say
- Dance with high chairs
More clues leading to the result SALSA
- Chip dip
- Chip enhancer
- Spicy dip
- Taco sauce
- Tortilla topper
- Tortilla-chip topper
- Zesty topping
- Dance it or dip it
- Hot stuff
- Spanish sauce
More clues leading to the result FLING
- Summer romance, say
- Cast
- Short affair
- Kiltie's dance
- Wild time
- Hurl
- Toss
- Hurl forcefully
- Unrestrained reveling
- Brief affair
More clues leading to the result GAVOT
- French peasant dance
- Fiddle tune, maybe
- Stately dance
- Old French dance: Var.
- Lively dance.
- French dance.
- Old French dance.
- Theatrical dance.
- Dance.
- Dance of France.
More clues leading to the result SHAG
- Dance of the '30s
- Moplike 'do
- Type of rug
- '30s dance
- Carpet of the 60's
- Long-fiber rug
- 1930's dance
- Uneven hairdo
- Type of carpet or dance
- Thick carpet
More clues leading to the result CLOG
- Job for Drano
- Sabot
- Dance in wooden shoes
- Cause backups, say
- Jam up
- Thick-soled shoe
- Wooden shoe
- Rush hour phenomenon
- Clumsy shoe
- Get stopped up
More clues leading to the result SAMBA
- Rio tango
- Carioca relative
- Brazilian ballroom dance
- Dance in Rio
- Bossa nova relative
- Brazilian dance
- Dance mentioned in "The Girl From Ipanema"
- Brazilian steps
- "Dancing With the Stars" offering
- Lively dance
More clues leading to the result HORNPIPE
- Jig on the Hispaniola
- Sailor's jig
- Sailors' dance
- Sailor's dance
- Dance in "H.M.S. Pinafore"
- Sailor's dance.
- Lively dance.
- Relative of a clarinet.
- Sailors' dance.
- Salty dance
More clues leading to the result STOMP
- Dance at the Savoy, perhaps
- Trounce
- Jazz dance
- Savoy step?
- Percussion-based theatrical troupe
- Really beat
- Toddler's footprint, at times
- Bang your boot
- Foot pound?
- Crush grapes
More clues leading to the result GALLOPADE
More clues leading to the result GAVOTTE
- Minuet's cousin
- French dance
- Old French dance
- Dance for Marie Antoinette
- Dance in 4/4
- Dance form favored by Bach
- Moderately quick French dance
- Medium-paced French dance
- Dance resembling the minuet.
- Dance of the French court.
More clues leading to the result GIGUE
- Lively dance movement
- Lively dance of the Barozue
- Lively dance
- Lively dance of the Baroque
- Lively dance of yore
- Movement in some Bach suites
- Lively French dance
- Lively baroque dance
- Lively dance movement ending some classical suites
- Concluding dance movement
More clues leading to the result CONGA
- Latin-American line dance
- Line dance
- Kicking dance
- Kind of line
- Line dance?
- Jazzy drum
- Latin American dance
- Follow the party line?
- "1-2-3-kick" dance
- Miami Sound Machine hit of '85
More clues leading to the result MAMBO
- Latin dance in 4/4 time
- Cuban dance
- Rumba relative
- Tito Puente genre
- Ballroom favorite
- Tito Puente specialty
- Caribbean dance
- Perez Prado's music
- Dance similar to the cha-cha
- "The ___ Kings" ('92 Armand Assante film)
More clues leading to the result HOP
- "___ On Pop"
- School dance
- Short flight
- Jump on one leg
- Quick plane trip
- Ball bounce
- Hour-long flight, say
- Puddle jumper's flight path
- Puddle jumper's trip
- Puddlejumper's trip
More clues leading to the result CHARLESTON
- Flapper's dance
- Besieged city of 1780
- Jazz age dance
- Capital on I-77
- '20s dance
- "I'd Rather __" (Gershwin tune)
- West Virginia's capital
- Lively dance of the 1920s
- Dance of the Twenties, now revived.
- Hoofer's specialty in the 20's
More clues leading to the result FANDANGO
- Movie ticket site named after a dance, because why do things need to have anything to do with each other
- Dance with castanets
- Iberian dance for two
- Lively Spanish dance
- Lively Spanish dance.
- Dance with castanets.
- Spanish dance.
- Lively dance.
- Castanet dance
- Spanish dance
More clues leading to the result CORANTO
More clues leading to the result VIRGINIAREEL
- Popular country dance
- Lively dance
- Old folk dance
- Country dance
- Folk dance
- Dance with fiddlers and a caller
- Official state dance, somewhere
More clues leading to the result TANGO
- Two are necessary to do it
- "Last____ in Paris"
- Ballroom move
- Valentino's dance
- It takes two to do this
- It takes two
- Letter after sierra, in radio lingo
- Gliding dance
- Dance for two
- Dance in "Evita"
More clues leading to the result BOLERO
- Ravel composition
- Dance in 3/4 time
- Dance in 6/8 time
- Ravel show-stopper
- Lively Spanish dance
- Maurice Ravel composition
- Top "10" tune?
- "10" tune
- Spanish dance with quick turns
- Ravel classic
More clues leading to the result CANCAN
- Folies Bergère specialty
- Moulin Rouge entertainment
- Toulouse-Lautrec subject
- Moulin Rouge highlight
- Dance whose name is French for "gossip"
- Moulin Rouge dance
- Dance danced in a ruffled skirt
- Skirt-lifting dance
- Risque French dance
- High-kicking dance