The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word REELS , but the solution may also be JIGS which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in LA Times).
Lively dances crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| REELS | 38 % | 5 |
| JIGS | 33 % | 4 |
| GALOPS | 13 % | 6 |
| HORAS | 4 % | 5 |
| POLKAS | 3 % | 6 |
| HORNPIPES | 3 % | 9 |
| FANDANGOS | 1 % | 9 |
| HIGHLANDFLINGS | 1 % | 14 |
| BOLEROS | 1 % | 7 |
| TANGOS | 1 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Lively dances
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- jig
- reel
- jigs
- cotillion
- go-go
- quickstep
- reeling
- salsa
- allemande
- square dance
- dance
- active
Crossword Answer definitions
REELS 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 REELS
- Film holders
- Virginia dances
- Winds up a hose
- Film rolls
- Lively dances
- Goes into economic shock, say
- Movie-house supplies
- Cinema's stock
- Reacts to a blow
- Two-line square dances
More clues leading to the result JIGS
- Happy feet dances
- Flatley dances
- Lively dances
- March 17 dances
- Shows of joy
- Merry dances
- Lively dances in triple meter
- Dublin dances
- Derry dances
- Feathered fishing hooks
More clues leading to the result GALOPS
- Lively dances
- Lively French dances.
- Lively dances.
- Less stately dances.
- Old dances in 2/4 time
- Some Strauss compositions
- Some lively ballroom dances
More clues leading to the result HORAS
- Circle dances
- Dances at a kibbutz
- Round dances
- Israeli dances
- Israeli round dances
- Celebratory dances
- Dances at Jewish weddings
- Wedding rings?
- Jewish wedding dances
- Parts of diãs
More clues leading to the result POLKAS
- Lively Bohemian dances
- Oktoberfest dances
- Lively dances
- Lively dances in duple time
- "Pennsylvania" and "Beer Barrel"
- Reel relatives
- Dances.
- Lively Bohemian dances.
- Bohemian dances
- Lawrence Welk favorites
More clues leading to the result HORNPIPES
More clues leading to the result FANDANGOS
More clues leading to the result HIGHLANDFLINGS
More clues leading to the result BOLEROS
- Short jackets
- Dances with castanets
- Spanish dances
- Lively dances
- Lively Spanish dances
- Short, tailored jackets
- Lively ballroom dances
- Short jackets.
- Hypnotic Spanish rhythms.
- Short, close-fitting jackets.