The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word HAZES which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.
Mists crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HAZES | 27 % | 5 |
| SPRAYS | 27 % | 6 |
| VAPORS | 27 % | 6 |
| FOGS | 9 % | 4 |
| OBSCURES | 9 % | 8 |
Why may HAZES be the right solution?
The word "mists" refers to a type of atmospheric moisture or fog. The word "hazes" is a synonym for mists, as both describe a similar atmospheric condition. Therefore, "hazes" is the right answer to the clue "Mists."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Mists
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- fog
- mist over
- haze over
- befog
- cloud
- becloud
- obscure
- drizzles
- droplets
- fogs
- night
- murk
Crossword Answer definitions
HAZES noun- Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility.
- A reduction of transparency of a clear gas or liquid.
- An analogous dullness on a surface that is ideally highly reflective or transparent.
- Any state suggestive of haze in the atmosphere, such as mental confusion or vagueness of memory.
- (packaging) The degree of cloudiness or turbidity in a clear glass or plastic, measured in percent.
- Any substance causing turbidity in beer or wine.
- To be or become hazy, or thick with haze.
- To perform an unpleasant initiation ritual upon a usually non-consenting individual, especially freshmen to a closed community such as a college or military unit.
- To oppress or harass by forcing to do hard and unnecessary work.
- In a rodeo, to assist the bulldogger by keeping (the steer) running in a straight line.
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 HAZES
- Initiates, frat-style
- Persecutes pledges
- Initiates roughly
- Bad air conditions
- Confused states
- Harasses, as a prospective frat member
- Visibility hamperers
- Horizon obscurers
- Obscuring atmospheres
- Skyline obscurers
More clues leading to the result SPRAYS
- Atomizers
- Sends through an atomizer
- Uses and atomizer
- Floral arrangements
- Attacks in a hose fight
- Wets with a hose
- Raid units?
- Turns the hose on
- Applies perfume
- Uses a mister
More clues leading to the result VAPORS
- Nervous disorder of old, with "the"
- Mists
- Fumes
- Gaseous matters
- Mist and such
- Visible gases
- They vanish into thin air
- Popular ailment of Victorian era.
- The "blues," in grandma's day.
- Old-fashioned ailment.
More clues leading to the result FOGS
- Heavy mists
- Airport dangers
- Confused states
- They're tough to see through
- London forecasts
- Tarmac hazards
- Gets all misty
- Obscuring hazes
- Obscures, as with moisture
- Confuses