The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word THREW which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2024.
Pitched crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| THREW | 43 % | 5 |
| TONAL | 7 % | 5 |
| HURLED | 7 % | 6 |
| CAST | 7 % | 4 |
| ONASLANT | 7 % | 8 |
| LEANED | 3 % | 6 |
| TOSSED | 3 % | 6 |
| ATASLANT | 3 % | 8 |
| TUNED | 3 % | 5 |
| ASLOPE | 3 % | 6 |
| REELED | 3 % | 6 |
| TONED | 3 % | 5 |
| MARKETED | 3 % | 8 |
| ROLLED | 3 % | 6 |
Why may THREW be the right solution?
The word "pitched" is often used in the context of throwing a ball. "Threw" is the past tense of "throw," making it the correct answer.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Pitched
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- inclined
- tossed
- launched
- talked
- moved
- advertised
- toned
- announced
- fierce
- strong
- ferocious
- violent
Crossword Answer definitions
THREW verb- To change place.
- To change in state or status
- To move through time.
- To be accepted.
- In any game, to decline to play in one's turn.
- To do or be better.
- To take heed.
- To hurl; to cause an object to move rapidly through the air.
- To eject or cause to fall off.
- To move to another position or condition; to displace.
- To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
- (of a bowler) to deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.
- To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.
- To intentionally lose a game.
- To confuse or mislead.
- To send desperately.
- To imprison.
- To organize an event, especially a party.
- To roll (a die or dice).
- To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.
- To discard.
- To lift the opponent off the ground and bring him back down, especially into a position behind the thrower.
- (said of one's voice) To change in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else.
- To show sudden emotion, especially anger.
- To project or send forth.
- To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
- To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver.
- (of a team, a manager, etc.) To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever).
- To install (a bridge).
- To twist or turn.
- (said of animals) To give birth 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 THREW
More clues leading to the result TONAL
- Like some 20th century music
- Of chords
- Unlike modern music
- Of sound quality
- Musical
- Pleasing to the ear
- Of notes
- Of a musical key
- Of musical pitch
- In key
More clues leading to the result HURLED
- Tossed
- Pitched
- Threw forcefully
- Threw
- Cast
- Emulated Robin Roberts.
- Propelled suddenly.
- Threw.
- Practiced pitching
- Let fly
More clues leading to the result CAST
- Threw or throw
- Fisherman's move
- Group of "thousands"
- List of actors
- Plaster bandage
- Broken bone protector
- Hurl
- Limb support
- Pitched
- Play list
More clues leading to the result ONASLANT
More clues leading to the result LEANED
- Rested against
- Inclined
- Had an inclination
- Listed to one side
- Tilted
- Favored, with "toward"
- Betrayed a bias
- Pressured, with "on"
- Showed bias
- Listed at sea
More clues leading to the result TOSSED
- Chucked
- Threw
- Flipped a coin
- Like some salads
- Kind of salad
- Deep-sixed
- Mixed, as a salad
- Thrown out
- Threw in the trash
- Like many salads
More clues leading to the result ATASLANT
- Biased
- Obliquely
- Pitched
- Listing
- Like an escalator, and, aptly, like the six-letter word that begins where 40-Across ends
- Sloping
- Not level
- Tilted
- Sloping (hint, hint!)
- Crooked
More clues leading to the result TUNED
- Adjusted the Steinway
- Prepared, as a bass
- Adjusted pitch
- Changed into a G string?
- Pulled some strings in music class
- Tightened some strings?
- Adjusted guitar strings
- Adjusted the grand
- Changed string tautness
- In pitch
More clues leading to the result ASLOPE
More clues leading to the result REELED
- Was dizzied
- Went staggering
- Got thrown for a loop
- Was stunned
- Staggered
- Acted dizzily
- Swayed about
- Wobbled
- Reacted to a shock
- Swayed drunkenly
More clues leading to the result TONED
- Gave inflection to
- __ down (softened)
- ___ down (softened)
- Like one who's done lots of cleaning and pressing?
- Added muscle, with "up"
- Athletic
- In great shape
- Rippling with muscles
- Got fit, with "up"
- ___ up (got into shape)