The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word GAPES which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2011.
Opens wide crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| GAPES | 58 % | 5 |
| YAWNS | 42 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Opens wide
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Crossword Answer definitions
GAPES noun- An act of gaping; a yawn.
- A large opening.
- A disease in poultry caused by gapeworm in the windpipe, a symptom of which is frequent gaping.
- The width of an opening.
- The maximum opening of the mouth (of a bird, fish, etc.) when it is open.
- To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise.
- To stare in wonder.
- To open wide; to display a gap.
- Of a cat: to open the passage to the vomeronasal organ, analogous to the flehming in other animals.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result GAPES
- Drops the jaw
- Is wide open
- Opens wide
- Stares open-mouthed (at)
- Looks aghast
- Stares in wonder
- Parts widely
- Stares
- Rubbernecks
- Stares open-mouthed