The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word UPSTREAM , but the solution may also be BACKSTROKE which is one of the most recent solution (2005 in Newsday).
One way to swim crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| UPSTREAM | 33 % | 8 |
| BACKSTROKE | 33 % | 10 |
| SCUBA | 33 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: One way to swim
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- hold
- splash
- backstroke
- wend
- grope
- elbow
- work
- muscle
- navigate
- jostle
- squeeze
- trace
Crossword Answer definitions
UPSTREAM noun- Part of the river towards the upstream direction.
- (open-source software) The original developers or maintainers of software.
- To stream upward.
- (open-source software) To have (a software library, patch, etc.) accepted by the original developers of the related software, so that they maintain and distribute it.
- In a direction against the flow of a current or stream of fluid (typically water); upriver
- Involving exploration and pre-production rather than refining and selling
- In the direction from the client to the server
- (open-source software) maintained, owned or associated with the original developers of the given software; in contrast to a modified version downstream
- Towards the leading end (5′ end) of a DNA molecule
- Against the current.
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 UPSTREAM
- River's origin
- Toward the source
- Against the current
- It's a hard way to swim
- See 3-Down
- Against the flow
- Nearer the source
- North on the Hudson.
- Against the current.
- Fishes' route.
More clues leading to the result BACKSTROKE
- One way to swim
- Swimming method
- Specialty of Allen Stack, Eleanor Holm, etc.
- Oyakawa holds this Olympic record.
- Butterfly alternative