The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word EDGED which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.
Moved cautiously crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EDGED | 73 % | 5 |
| EASED | 9 % | 5 |
| CREPT | 9 % | 5 |
| NOSED | 9 % | 5 |
Why may EDGED be the right solution?
"Moved cautiously" is a clue for a four-letter word that means to move slowly and carefully. "Edged" fits this description as it means to move gradually or cautiously in a particular direction.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Moved cautiously
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- inched
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- slunk
- sneaked
- flock
- pack
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- prehistory
- mort
- buttons
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- ewe
Crossword Answer definitions
EDGED verb- To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
- To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
- (usually in the form 'just edge') To win by a small margin.
- To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.
- To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger.
- To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging.
- To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
- To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
- To delay one's orgasm so as to remain almost at the point of orgasm.
- That has a sharp planar surface.
- Followed by with: Having an edging of a certain material, color, and so on.
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 EDGED
- Worked on lawn borders
- Beat by a nose
- Moved sideways
- Trimmed the lawn
- Beat by a hair
- Beat in a close one
- Snuck (by)
- Took the lead
- Nosed out
- Bordered
More clues leading to the result EASED
- Abated
- Alleviated
- Buffered
- Let up
- Reduced, as tensions
- Facilitated
- Lessened
- Loosened
- Made bearable
- Made comfortable
More clues leading to the result CREPT
- Inched
- Inched stealthily
- Moved at a glacial pace
- Moved cautiously
- Moved stealthily
- Acted sluggish?
- Moved on hands and knees
- Barely moved
- Slithered
- Grew like a certain Virginia vine?