The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word WAN , but the solution may also be ILL which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Peaked crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| WAN | 37 % | 3 |
| ILL | 27 % | 3 |
| PALE | 10 % | 4 |
| CRESTED | 7 % | 7 |
| WHEYFACED | 3 % | 9 |
| ANEMIC | 3 % | 6 |
| SHARP | 3 % | 5 |
| GREENAROUNDTHEGILLS | 3 % | 19 |
| APEXED | 3 % | 6 |
| ATOP | 3 % | 4 |
Why may ILL be the right solution?
The word "peaked" can mean looking unwell or sick, which is a synonym for "ill."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Peaked
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- pointed
- ailing
- unwell
- sickly
- sick
- indisposed
- poorly
- ill
- maximum
- achieved
- totalled
- tired
Crossword Answer definitions
WAN noun- The quality of being wan; wanness.
- Pale, sickly-looking.
- Dim, faint.
- Bland, uninterested.
- The digit or figure 1.
- The neutral element with respect to multiplication in a ring.
- A one-dollar bill.
- One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single.
- A joke or amusing anecdote.
- A particularly special or compatible person or thing.
- (leet) Used instead of ! to amplify an exclamation, parodying unskilled typists who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points, thus typing "1".
- A girl or woman.
- To conquer, defeat.
- To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb).
- To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).
- To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest.
- To obtain (someone) by wooing; to make an ally or friend of (frequently with over).
- To achieve victory.
- To have power, coercion or control.
- To obtain (something desired).
- To cause a victory for someone.
- To extract (ore, coal, etc.).
- To dry by exposure to the wind.
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 WAN
- Pale
- Off color?
- Washed out
- Whey-faced
- White as a ghost
- Without color
- Pasty-faced
- Pale-faced
- Pale (and, after burrowing, a 37-Down/43-Across from the Spice Girls)
- Bleached-looking
More clues leading to the result ILL
- "__ Never Smile Again"
- Laid up
- Out of sorts
- Under the weather
- Feeling poorly
- Not healthy
- Not well
- Sick
- Ailing
- Hardly healthy
More clues leading to the result PALE
- Color deficient
- Whitish in complexion
- Ashen
- Hardly rosy-cheeked
- Lighten up?
- Like Andy Warhol
- "____ Rider"
- 1985 Clint Eastward western, "____ Rider"
- Deficient in color
- Lacking color
More clues leading to the result CRESTED
- Hit the top
- Peaked, as a wave
- Peaked
- Like cockatoos
- Reached an apex
- Reached the summit
- Like a blue jay
- Reached a maximum
- Got to a max
- Reached a peak
More clues leading to the result WHEYFACED
More clues leading to the result ANEMIC
- Weak
- Not vital
- Etiolated
- Hardly robust
- Feeble
- Lacking zip
- Far from robust
- Taking ferrous sulfate, perhaps
- Not robust
- Iron-poor
More clues leading to the result SHARP
- On the dot
- Out of tune
- Off key
- On, as a pitcher
- A little high in music class?
- Like the cutting edge
- Higher than normal
- On the ball
- What # may indicate
- Pitched too high