The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word LAGS , but the solution may also be OOZES which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Moves slowly crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LAGS | 19 % | 4 |
| INCHES | 13 % | 6 |
| CREEPS | 10 % | 6 |
| IDLES | 10 % | 5 |
| MOSEYS | 6 % | 6 |
| CRAWLS | 6 % | 6 |
| SEEPS | 6 % | 5 |
| PLODS | 6 % | 5 |
| EDGES | 6 % | 5 |
| OOZES | 6 % | 5 |
| DAWDLES | 3 % | 7 |
| SCHLEPS | 3 % | 7 |
| DRAGS | 3 % | 5 |
Why may OOZES be the right solution?
"OOZES" is the right solution because it means to move slowly and steadily, often referring to liquids or thick substances flowing slowly.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Moves slowly
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- sluggish
- slothful
- lazy
- indolence
- indolent
- idle
- idly
- idleness
- testis
- idling
- vacuity
- sloth
Crossword Answer definitions
LAGS noun- A gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; a latency.
- Delay; latency.
- One sentenced to transportation for a crime.
- A prisoner, a criminal.
- A method of deciding which player shall start. Both players simultaneously strike a cue ball from the baulk line to hit the top cushion and rebound down the table; the player whose ball finishes closest to the baulk cushion wins.
- One who lags; that which comes in last.
- The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.
- A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, such as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or steam engine.
- A bird, the greylag.
- To fail to keep up (the pace), to fall behind
- To cover (for example, pipes) with felt strips or similar material (referring to a time lag effect in thermal transfer)
- To transport as a punishment for crime.
- To cause to lag; to slacken.
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 LAGS
- Is sluggish
- Runs behind
- Brings up the rear
- Dawdles
- Stays behind
- Falls behind
- Holds up
- Time delays
- Doesn't keep up
- Internet connectivity problems
More clues leading to the result INCHES
- Creeps
- Foot segments
- Moves slowly
- Small margin for error
- Waistline units
- Small distances
- Losses monitored when on a diet
- Foot parts
- Narrow margin
- Ruling divisions
More clues leading to the result CREEPS
- Icky people
- Moves on one's belly
- Heebie-jeebies
- Moves stealthily
- No-good guys
- Losers
- Sneaks
- Goes slowly
- Feeling of disgust, with "the"
- Condition induced by 58 Down.
More clues leading to the result IDLES
- Runs in neutral
- Does nothing
- Has an off day?
- Runs without moving
- Runs for no purpose
- Waits for the action to pick up again
- Takes to the hammock
- Shirks work
- Sits in neutral
- Bums around
More clues leading to the result MOSEYS
- Ambles along
- Strolls, western-style
- Saunters
- Moves slowly
- Walks none too quickly
- Strolls (along)
- Strolls down to the saloon
- Goes unhurriedly
- Isn't in a big hurry
- Walks casually
More clues leading to the result CRAWLS
- Goes on all fours
- Moves laboriously
- Moves on hands and knees
- Moves on all fours
- News bulletins of a sort
- Barely advances
- Barely progresses
- Moves like a baby
- Barely moves
- Is rife (with)
More clues leading to the result SEEPS
- Permeates
- Gets through the cracks, in a way
- Oozes
- Flows slowly
- Gets through oozily
- Moistly permeates
- Leaks slowly
- Trickles (through)
- Filters
- Passes through slowly
More clues leading to the result PLODS
- Moves really slowly
- Trudges
- Walks heavily
- Doesn't exactly sprint
- Walks laboriously
- Proceeds slowly
- Moves slowly
- Moves laboriously
- Drudges
- Moves with effort
More clues leading to the result EDGES
- Dagger's pair
- Margins of superiority
- Trims
- Competitive advantages
- Noses (out)
- Rims
- An octahedron has twelve
- Easy bits of a jigsaw puzzle
- Papercut cutters
- Some jigsaw pieces
More clues leading to the result OOZES
- Seeps
- Moves like mud
- Has out the wazoo
- Obviously displays, as a trait
- Proceeds in a sluglike fashion
- Drains out slowly
- Seeps out
- Transudes
- Moves like slime
- Leaks slowly
More clues leading to the result DAWDLES
More clues leading to the result SCHLEPS
- Lugs
- Hauls with effort
- Drags with effort
- Lugs, as an awkward load
- Lugs along
- Drags along
- Moves slowly
- Clumsy people
- No easy trips
- Hauls around