The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SATYR , but the solution may also be FAUN which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in LA Times).
Mythical man-goat crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SATYR | 64 % | 5 |
| FAUN | 29 % | 4 |
| PAN | 7 % | 3 |
Why may FAUN be the right solution?
A faun is a creature from Roman mythology that is half-man and half-goat, usually depicted with goat horns, legs, and tail.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Mythical man-goat
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- satyr
- faun
- pan
- satyrs
- sylvanus
- centaur
- atlas
- tragelaph
- manticore
- ogre
- bellerophon
- hercules
Crossword Answer definitions
SATYR noun- A woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Faunis.
- A sylvan deity or demigod, male companion of Pan or Dionysus, represented as part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous merriment and lasciviousness, sometimes pictured with a perpetual erection.
- (by extension) A lecherous man.
- Any of various butterflies of the nymphalid subfamily Satyrinae, having brown wings marked with eyelike spots; a meadow brown.
- The orangutan.
- A woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Faunis.
- A sylvan deity or demigod, male companion of Pan or Dionysus, represented as part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous merriment and lasciviousness, sometimes pictured with a perpetual erection.
- (by extension) A lecherous man.
- Any of various butterflies of the nymphalid subfamily Satyrinae, having brown wings marked with eyelike spots; a meadow brown.
- The orangutan.
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 SATYR
- Faun's cousin
- Nymph pursuer
- Woodland creature
- Brown-winged butterfly
- Mythical reveler
- Nymph chaser
- Lustful deity
- Debauchee of a sort
- Libertine
- Party animal
More clues leading to the result FAUN
- Pan flute player
- Satyr's kin
- "The Marble ___" (1860 Nathaniel Hawthorne novel)
- Forest deity
- Half-man, half-goat creature
- Woodland spirit
- Role for Nijinsky
- Goat-man deity
- Satyr's cousin
- Wood flautist