The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word EVEN , but the solution may also be TIED which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Neck and neck crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EVEN | 73 % | 4 |
| TIED | 13 % | 4 |
| CLOSE | 7 % | 5 |
| INATIE | 3 % | 6 |
| EVENSTEVEN | 1 % | 10 |
| STRIDEFORSTRIDE | 1 % | 15 |
| IN A DEAD HEAT | 1 % | 14 |
| TOOCLOSETOCALL | 1 % | 14 |
Why may EVENSTEVEN be the right solution?
"EVENSTEVEN" is a colloquial phrase that means "equal or tied." Therefore, it fits the clue "Neck and neck," which also means that two things are equal or tied.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Neck and neck
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- stalemated
- stalemate
- close call
- sparring match
- matchup
- competition
- competing
- rivalling
- knife edge
- close in
- rivaling
- deadlocked
Crossword Answer definitions
EVEN noun- (diminutive) An even number.
- To make flat and level.
- To equal.
- To be equal.
- To place in an equal state, as to obligation, or in a state in which nothing is due on either side; to balance, as accounts; to make quits.
- To set right; to complete.
- To act up to; to keep pace with.
- Flat and level.
- Without great variation.
- Equal in proportion, quantity, size, etc.
- (of an integer) Divisible by two.
- (of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
- On equal monetary terms; neither owing nor being owed.
- On equal terms of a moral sort; quits.
- Parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit.
- Without an irregularity, flaw, or blemish; pure.
- Associate; fellow; of the same condition.
- Exactly, just, fully.
- In reality; implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality.
- Emphasizing a comparative.
- Signalling a correction of one's previous utterance; rather, that is.
- Evening.
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 EVEN
- Deadlocked
- Fair
- In a dead heat
- Like a two-and-two count
- One way to break
- Smooth over
- Square
- Tied
- Way to keep the keel
- "_____ Steven"
More clues leading to the result TIED
- 5-5, e.g.
- Evened up
- 10-10 or 5-5.
- Come out even
- Even
- Tongue ___
- 10-10 or 5-5
- Heading to sudden death, say
- Headed for overtime
- 50-50, say
More clues leading to the result CLOSE
- "__, but no cigar!"
- Go under
- Lacking fresh air
- Anybody's game
- "That's the right idea"
- Hard to call
- Seal the deal
- __ shave
- No cigar?
- Needing a recount
More clues leading to the result INATIE
- How MLB games almost never end
- Evened
- Formally attired
- Knotted
- Neck and neck
- Drawn
- Even
- How some games end
- How many soccer matches end
- How baseball games rarely finish
More clues leading to the result EVENSTEVEN
- Reliable Spielberg?
- Leaderless?
- Fifty-fifty
- Tied
- Square
- Fair split
- Having an equal score
- 50-50, e.g.
- All tied up
- All settled up