The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ALEWIFE , but the solution may also be SPRAT which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in Wall Street Journal).
Member of the herring family crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ALEWIFE | 33 % | 7 |
| SHAD | 33 % | 4 |
| SPRAT | 33 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Member of the herring family
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- sprat
- sardine
- shad
- argentina
- clupeoid
- bonito
- wahoo
- adam
- alewife
- anchovy
- pilchard
- princess
Crossword Answer definitions
ALEWIFE noun- A woman who keeps an alehouse.
- A migrating North American fish, Alosa pseudoharengus.
- Any of several species similar in appearance.
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 ALEWIFE
- Herring's kin
- Fish also known as a river herring
- Stout server?
- Shadlike fish
- Great Lakes fish
- Herring relative
- Shad relative
- Food fish of herring family.
- Herringlike fish.
- Atlantic food fish.
More clues leading to the result SHAD
- It's roe is a delicacy
- Herring relative
- Herring's relative
- Herring's kin
- Herring-like fish
- Herringlike fish
- Roe-producing fish
- Canadian rapper not named for river herring
- Roe source
- Migrating fish