The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word PAIRED , but the solution may also be MET which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Matched crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PAIRED | 28 % | 6 |
| MATED | 22 % | 5 |
| EQUALED | 9 % | 7 |
| EQUALLED | 6 % | 8 |
| PAIREDUP | 6 % | 8 |
| LIT | 3 % | 3 |
| PARALLELED | 3 % | 10 |
| MET | 3 % | 3 |
| PITTED | 3 % | 6 |
| RIVALED | 3 % | 7 |
| TALLIED | 3 % | 7 |
| JIBED | 3 % | 5 |
| AGREED | 3 % | 6 |
| COINCIDED | 3 % | 9 |
Why may MET be the right solution?
The word "matched" is in the past tense, indicating that it already happened. "Met" is the past tense of "meet", which means to encounter or come into contact with someone or something. Therefore, "met" is the correct answer for "matched".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Matched
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- duplicate
- mated
- coordinated
- well-matched
- compatible
- competitory
- competitive
- twinned
- twin
- paired
- harmonized
- correspondence
Crossword Answer definitions
PAIRED verb- To group into one or more sets of two.
- To bring two (animals, notably dogs) together for mating.
- To engage (oneself) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions.
- To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.
- To impair, to make worse.
- To become worse, to deteriorate.
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 PAIRED
- Bluetooth-connected
- Like dance-contest entrants
- In twos
- Like matched socks
- Arranged in groups of two
- Like Noah's passengers
- Arranged in twos
- Put together
- Matched
- Mated
More clues leading to the result MATED
- Sorted the socks
- Whipped at chess
- Got hitched
- Beat Magnus Carlsen
- Defeated at chess
- Beaten in chess
- Won with QxN, e.g.
- Partnered
- Victimized with one's endgame, say
- Paired
More clues leading to the result EQUALED
More clues leading to the result EQUALLED
More clues leading to the result PAIREDUP
More clues leading to the result LIT
- Aglow
- Kindled
- Struck a match
- Touched down
- Put a match to
- Set on fire
- Pickled
- Turnt up
- Beyond tipsy
- All fired up?
More clues leading to the result PARALLELED
More clues leading to the result MET
- Came face to face
- Encountered
- Happened upon
- Mays or Snider, briefly
- Hometeam player, at Shea
- Ran across
- Shea player
- Tom Seaver, once
- Ran into
- Gooden, once
More clues leading to the result PITTED
- Like some dates
- Prepared plums for a pie
- Matched (against)
- Put up (against)
- Like a date without a heart?
- Like some prunes
- Like some black olives
- Placed in opposition
- Like some store-bought prunes
- Put in rivalry.
More clues leading to the result RIVALED
- Went head-to-head with
- Matched, as in skill
- Was equal to
- Was like
- Emulated.
- Strove to equal.
- Was a match for.
- Competed with.
- Matched
- Competed with
More clues leading to the result TALLIED
- Counted up
- Corresponded
- Kept score of
- Counted.
- Agreed.
- Matched.
- Recorded, as a score.
- Caused to fit.
- Scored
- Kept score
More clues leading to the result JIBED
- Agreed
- Were in accord
- Dovetailed
- Conformed
- Was in accord
- Were in harmony: Colloq.
- Shifted sail.
- Shifted a sail
- Agreed (with)
- Was in harmony
More clues leading to the result AGREED
- Settled
- Thought alike
- Were on the same page
- Harmonized
- Had the same idea
- Made a pact
- "I concur"
- Was in harmony
- Concurred
- Came to terms