The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ROAST , but the solution may also be OHM which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Pièce de résistance crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ROAST | 32 % | 5 |
| OHM | 32 % | 3 |
| ENTREE | 9 % | 6 |
| MEAT | 9 % | 4 |
| ROASTDUCK | 5 % | 9 |
| ROASTLAMB | 5 % | 9 |
| BEEF | 5 % | 4 |
| SIRLOIN | 5 % | 7 |
Why may OHM be the right solution?
The answer "OHM" is the right solution because it is a play on words. "Piece de resistance" is a French term meaning the most important or impressive part of something. In this case, "OHM" is a unit of electrical resistance, so it cleverly fits the clue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Pièce de résistance
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- showpiece
- master stroke
- a-game
- endpiece
- piece of luck
- highpoint
- worldbeater
- coup d'œil
- haute-piece
- coup-de-grace
- best-seller
- prize winner
Crossword Answer definitions
ROAST noun- A cut of meat suited to roasting
- A meal consisting of roast foods.
- The degree to which something, especially coffee, is roasted.
- A comical event, originally fraternal, where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes.
- To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.
- To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.
- To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat
- To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
- To admonish someone vigorously
- To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine.
- To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores.
- Having been cooked by roasting.
- Subjected to roasting, bantered, severely criticized.
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 ROAST
- Insult, kiddingly
- Butcher shop choice
- Prepare coffee beans
- Certain Sunday dinner
- Dean Martin specialty
- Dis-honor?
- Recent Justin Bieber event
- Friars' gathering
- Honor with insults
- Dinner that may be tough to swallow for the guest of honor
More clues leading to the result OHM
- Impedance unit
- Piece de resistance?
- Resistance unit
- Unit of resistance
- i=v/r formulator
- Physicist Georg
- Meditative-sounding resistance unit
- Amp's relative
- Bit of resistance
- E = IR formulator
More clues leading to the result ENTREE
- Main course
- Salad follower
- Foot in the door, say
- Main dish
- Admittance
- Chef's special, e.g.
- London Broil, e.g.
- Meat dish, often
- Starter follower
- Menu selection
More clues leading to the result MEAT
- Butcher's stock
- Headcheese, essentially
- Edible flesh
- Sum and substance
- Carnivore's need
- Goes with potatoes
- Potatoes' companion
- Food in a locker
- Ribs and such
- Ham or lamb
More clues leading to the result ROASTDUCK
More clues leading to the result ROASTLAMB
- Easter entrée, often
- Traditional Easter dinner
- Pièce de résistance.
- Easter fare
- Traditional Easter entree
More clues leading to the result BEEF
- Stroganoff stuff
- "Where's the ___?"
- Complaint
- Grievance
- Gripe
- Burrito meat
- Kobe ___
- Bone to pick
- Point of complaint
- Alberta export