The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word DARTS , but the solution may also be GRENADES which is one of the most recent solution (1984 in New York Times).
Missiles crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DARTS | 18 % | 5 |
| NIKES | 18 % | 5 |
| GRENADES | 18 % | 8 |
| SHAFTS | 9 % | 6 |
| ICBMS | 9 % | 5 |
| SAMS | 9 % | 4 |
| ARROWS | 9 % | 6 |
| ATLASES | 9 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Missiles
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- projectile
- abm
- attacks
- ballistics
- barrage
- barrages
- bomb
- bombers
- bombs
- bullets
- canisters
- fired
Crossword Answer definitions
DARTS noun- A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand, for example a short lance or javelin
- Any sharp-pointed missile weapon, such as an arrow.
- (sometimes figurative) Anything resembling such a missile; something that pierces or wounds like such a weapon.
- A small object with a pointed tip at one end and feathers at the other, which is thrown at a target in the game of darts.
- A dart-shaped target towed behind an aircraft to train shooters.
- A plan or scheme.
- A sudden or fast movement.
- A fold that is stitched on a garment.
- A fish, the dace.
- A cigarette.
- To throw with a sudden effort or thrust; to hurl or launch.
- To send forth suddenly or rapidly; to emit; to shoot
- To shoot with a dart, especially a tranquilizer dart
- To fly or pass swiftly, like a dart; to move rapidly in one direction; to shoot out quickly
- To start and run with speed; to shoot rapidly along
- (games) A game or sport in which darts are thrown at a board, and points are scored depending on where the darts land
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 DARTS
- Alehouse game
- Flits about
- Dress shapers
- Garment seams
- Flies like a hummingbird
- Tapered tucks
- Game with aim
- Board game
- Popular pub game
- Game with a board
More clues leading to the result NIKES
- Sneaks on a track
- Some sneaks
- Footwear with swooshes
- Jogger's purchase
- Air Jordans, e.g.
- Court sneaks
- Alternatives to Reeboks
- Shoes with swooshes
- Runner's purchase
- Adidas alternatives
More clues leading to the result GRENADES
- Pineapples
- Hand-launched bombs
- "Pineapples," to a soldier
- Handheld explosives
- Weapons of war
- They're launched in wars
- Smoke dispensers, at times
- Infantry weapons
- Items in a commando's bandoleer
- Weapons.
More clues leading to the result SHAFTS
- They're all mine?
- Elevator passages
- Sticks it to
- Spear handles
- Elevator areas
- Treats unfairly
- Mine accesses
- Rays
- Golf club parts
- Great Pyramid passages
More clues leading to the result ICBMS
- The Atlas and the R-7 Semyorka, for two
- Long-range WMDs
- Cold War weaponry
- Weapons for dist. targets
- Atlas and Titan, briefly
- SALT topic
- Cold War weapons
- Titans covered by SALT
- START I treaty subject
- SALT subject
More clues leading to the result SAMS
- Uncle and Marryin'
- Peckinpah and Jaffe
- Spade and Shepard
- Cooke and Snead
- Uncle and Spade
- BJ's alternative, briefly
- Dangers to fighter jets
- __ Club
- __ Club (Costco rival)
- Spade and Cooke
More clues leading to the result ARROWS
- Some road signs
- Hood's weapons
- Slings' mates
- Bolts
- Hood's supply
- Cursor-moving keys
- Bolts from Tell
- Tell weapons
- Pointers
- Tell ammo