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 Wall Street Journal in 2020.
Lively folk dance crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| REEL | 20 % | 4 |
| POLKA | 20 % | 5 |
| HORA | 20 % | 4 |
| JIG | 20 % | 3 |
| TARANTELLA | 20 % | 10 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Lively folk dance
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- square dance
- contra dance
- line dance
- charleston
- excuse me
- waltz
- mixer
- reel
- contra
- grizzly bear
- lancers
- ticking
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 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 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