The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word GUN , but the solution may also be GOGETTER which is one of the most recent solution (2016 in New York Times).
Pistol crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| GUN | 25 % | 3 |
| GAT | 17 % | 3 |
| LUGER | 8 % | 5 |
| SMALLARM | 8 % | 8 |
| ROSCOE | 8 % | 6 |
| GOGETTER | 8 % | 8 |
| ROD | 8 % | 3 |
| FIREARM | 8 % | 7 |
| LIVEWIRE | 8 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Pistol
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- handgun
- shooting iron
- side arm
- roscoe
- sidearm
- gat
- gunpoint
- firearm
- gun
- revolver
- rifle
- shotgun
Crossword Answer definitions
GUN noun- A device for projecting a hard object very forcefully; a firearm or cannon.
- A device operated by a trigger and acting in a manner similar to a firearm.
- A long surfboard designed for surfing big waves (not the same as a longboard, a gun has a pointed nose and is generally a little narrower).
- A pattern that "fires" out other patterns.
- (metonym) A person who carries or uses a rifle, shotgun or handgun.
- (usually in the plural) The biceps.
- (in the plural) Violent blasts of wind.
- An expert.
- (with “down”) To shoot someone or something, usually with a firearm.
- To speed something up.
- To offer vigorous support to a person or cause.
- To seek to attack someone; to take aim at someone.
- To practice fowling or hunting small game; chiefly in participial form: to go gunning.
- To masturbate while observing and visible to a corrections officer.
- Nonstandard spelling of going to.
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 GUN
- Beretta, e.g.
- Rev the motor
- Accelerate
- Lock+stock+barrel
- Open the throttle
- Lock, stock, and barrel
- Rev
- Grease ___
- "Smoking" object
- Banger?
More clues leading to the result GAT
- Gangster's weapon
- Channel between cliffs
- Gangster's gun
- Hood's heater
- Gangsta's piece
- Piece of the street
- "Boardwalk Empire" gun
- Gangster's rod
- Gun moll's gun
- Piece on the street
More clues leading to the result LUGER
- Powerful gun
- German automatic pistol
- German pistol
- Semiautomatic pistol
- German gun or winter Olympian
- German gun
- German sidearm
- Olympic sledder
- Eponymous pistol designer Georg
- German semiautomatic
More clues leading to the result SMALLARM
More clues leading to the result ROSCOE
- Edward ___ Murrow
- Name in a chicken and waffle joint's name
- Tanner of tennis
- Hood's heater
- Gangster's gat
- Revolver, to Roaring Twenties gangsters
- Hazzard County police officer
- Actor Ates or jurist Pound
- Saturday-night special
- "Fatty" Arbuckle's real first name
More clues leading to the result GOGETTER
- Type-A personality
- Active sort
- Mover
- Ambitious sort
- Hustler
- Dynamo
- Aggressively enterprising person
- Business is his forte.
- Grass doesn't grow under his feet.
- Aggressive person: Slang.
More clues leading to the result ROD
- Mr. Serling
- "Spare the __ ..."
- Cone's counterpart
- Five-and-a-half yards
- "The Twilight Zone" creator Serling
- Hood armament
- Serling of "The Pawnbroker"
- Staff
- Fishing pole
- Retina cell
More clues leading to the result FIREARM
- Piece of heat
- Pistol or rifle
- Pistol, for one
- Pistol, e.g.
- Rifle or revolver
- Revolver.
- Sheriff's equipment.
- Carbine.
- Pistol.
- Weapon.