The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word TAR which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2005.
North Carolina river crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TAR | 40 % | 3 |
| FEAR | 20 % | 4 |
| PEEDEE | 20 % | 6 |
| NEUSE | 20 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: North Carolina river
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- fear
- tar
- pee dee
- pee dee river
- cape fear river
- wilmington
- greenville
- columbia
- durham
- santee
- fayetteville
- catawba
Crossword Answer definitions
TAR noun- (usually uncountable) A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.
- Coal tar.
- A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke.
- A sailor, because of the traditional tarpaulin clothes.
- Black tar, a form of heroin.
- To coat with tar.
- To besmirch.
- A program for archiving files, common on Unix systems.
- A file produced by such a program.
- To create a tar archive.
- A Persian long-necked, waisted instrument, shared by many cultures and countries in the Middle East and the Caucasus.
- A single-headed round frame drum originating in North Africa and the Middle East.
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 TAR
- Black gunk
- Defile
- Highway-crew need
- Macadam material
- Pitch
- Pitch yielder
- Roofing material
- Seafarer
- Sticky black stuff
- __ Heel (North Carolinian)
More clues leading to the result FEAR
- "Cape __" (De Niro movie)
- Be frightened of
- Dread
- Phobia
- Subject of a famous quote from FDR's inauguration
- North Carolina cape
- Adrenaline releaser
- "Nothing is more despicable than respect based on ___" (Camus)
- Cape in a Nolte flick
- Survival instinct?
More clues leading to the result PEEDEE
- Carolinas river
- Carolinas' river
- River of the Carolinas
- The Carolinas' ___ River
- Carolina river that was Foster's original choice for "Way Down Upon the Swanee River"
- Where to find some Carolina banks
- River to South Carolina's Winyah Bay
- River in the Carolinas
- South Carolina river
- River of North and South Carolina, 415 mi. to Winyah Bay.