The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word COONS , but the solution may also be SHEEP which is one of the most recent solution (2004 in USA Today).
Nocturnal animals crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
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COONS | 50 % | 5 |
SHEEP | 25 % | 5 |
HYENAS | 25 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Nocturnal animals
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Crossword Answer definitions
COONS noun- (racial slur) A black person.
- A raccoon.
- A member of a colourfully dressed dance troupe in Cape Town during New Year celebrations.
- A coonass; a white Acadian French person who lives in the swamps.
- A sly fellow.
- A black person who "plays the coon"; that is, who plays the dated stereotype of a black fool for an audience, particularly including Caucasians.
- To hunt raccoons.
- To traverse by crawling, as a ledge.
- To crawl while straddling, especially in crossing a creek.
- (Georgia (US)) To fish by noodling, by feeling for large fish in underwater holes.
- (of an African American) To play the dated stereotype of a black fool for an audience, particularly including Caucasians.
- To steal.
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 COONS
- Masked mammals, for short
- __ age (long time)
- Furry, masked critters
- Bandit-faced critters
- Masked critters
- Sources of Davy Crockett hats
- Crockett cap critters
- Davy Crockett hat sources
- Masked creatures
- Masked animals, briefly
More clues leading to the result SHEEP
- Rams and lambs
- Mindless followers
- Meek types
- Tractable followers
- Border collie's charges
- Ruminants
- Animals on Jesus' right hand, in parable
- Conformists, figuratively
- They might be counted at night
- Docile followers