The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word PLANET , but the solution may also be GOD which is one of the most recent solution (2018 in Wall Street Journal).
Mercury, eg crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PLANET | 58 % | 6 |
| METAL | 11 % | 5 |
| ELEMENT | 11 % | 7 |
| GOD | 5 % | 3 |
| DEITY | 5 % | 5 |
| MESSENGER | 5 % | 9 |
| HEAVYMETAL | 5 % | 10 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Mercury, eg
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- metal
- quicksilver
- auto
- deity
- dime
- element
- fluid
- ford
- god
- herald
- hermes
- merc
Crossword Answer definitions
PLANET noun- Each of the seven major bodies which move relative to the fixed stars in the night sky—the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.
- A body which orbits the Sun directly and is massive enough to be in hydrostatic equilibrium (effectively meaning a spheroid) and to dominate its orbit; specifically, the eight major bodies of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. (Pluto was considered a planet until 2006 and has now been reclassified as a dwarf planet.)
- A large body which directly orbits any star (or star cluster) but which has not attained nuclear fusion.
- In phrases such as the planet, this planet, sometimes refers to the Earth.
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 PLANET
- Saturn, but not Taurus
- Mars, e.g.
- Clark Kent's newspaper
- Space revolver
- Star circler
- Rock around a star
- Sun looper
- Krypton or Ork
- Jupiter, but not Zeus
- "The Daily ___" (Lois Lane's employer)
More clues leading to the result METAL
- Bismuth or arsenic
- Ore yield
- Tin, for example
- Gold, silver, or bronze
- Good conductor
- Kubrick's "Full ___ Jacket"
- This can be heavy
- Great conductor
- Mastodon's genre
- Meshuggah's music
More clues leading to the result ELEMENT
- Fundamental constituent of a whole
- Natural habitat
- Essential feature
- Natural setting
- Trace ___
- Periodic table entry
- Component
- Nickel or neon
- Home environment
- Milieu
More clues leading to the result GOD
- "In ___ we trust"
- Bacchus or Boreas
- Deity
- Helios or Horus
- Object of admiration
- Word on a dollar
- Zeus or Ptah
- Word on a penny
- The big guy or gal upstairs
- "FML"
More clues leading to the result DEITY
- Nike, for example
- Jupiter or Mars
- Pantheon member
- 39-Across, for example
- Prayer recipient
- Object of worship
- Supreme being
- Mount Olympus denizen
- Divine figure
- Zeus is one
More clues leading to the result MESSENGER
- Mercury, e.g.
- Courier
- Rider who leaves junk on the floor of one's car?
- Bird calling?
- Common carrier
- Mercury or Iris.
- Courier.
- Mercury.
- One of Hermes' functions.
- Delivery boy of a sort.