The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word HORSE , but the solution may also be TOUR which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in Wall Street Journal).
Play (around) crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HORSE | 33 % | 5 |
| TOUR | 17 % | 4 |
| ROMP | 17 % | 4 |
| FROLIC | 8 % | 6 |
| TOY | 8 % | 3 |
| KID | 8 % | 3 |
| PHILANDER | 8 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Play (around)
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- fool around
- goof around
- clown around
- toy with
- play the fool
- mess around
- play at
- play about
- fool about
- play-play
- clown about
- prat around
Crossword Answer definitions
HORSE noun- Any of several animals related to Equus ferus caballus.
- Equipment with legs.
- Type of equipment.
- A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse (said of a vein) is to divide into branches for a distance.
- The sedative, antidepressant, and anxiolytic drug morphine, chiefly when used illicitly.
- An informal variant of basketball in which players match shots made by their opponent(s), each miss adding a letter to the word "horse", with 5 misses spelling the whole word and eliminating a player, until only the winner is left. Also HORSE, H-O-R-S-E or H.O.R.S.E. (see Variations of basketball#H-O-R-S-E).
- (among students) A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination.
- (among students) horseplay; tomfoolery
- To frolic, to act mischievously. (Usually followed by "around".)
- To provide with a horse; supply horses for.
- To get on horseback.
- To sit astride of; to bestride.
- (of a male horse) To copulate with (a mare).
- To take or carry on the back.
- To place (someone) on the back of another person, or on a wooden horse, etc., to be flogged; (hence) to flog.
- To urge at work tyrannically.
- To charge for work before it is finished.
- Heroin (drug).
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 HORSE
- Mister Ed, for one
- Silver or Scout
- Team member
- Carpenter's device
- Orb, for one
- Preakness entrant
- Showoff's game on the court
- Basketball game involving trick shots
- Gymnastic event
- Basketball variation
More clues leading to the result TOUR
- Promote a book, perhaps
- Travel program
- Go on the road
- Make the circuit
- ___ de force
- Grateful Dead trip, e.g.
- Stint
- Traveling troupe's schedule
- See the sights
- Go sightseeing
More clues leading to the result ROMP
- Frisk about
- Frolic
- Roll in the hay
- Easy victory
- 59-7 win, e.g.
- Effortless pace
- Win big
- Lively frolic
- Madcap adventure
- Easy win
More clues leading to the result FROLIC
More clues leading to the result TOY
- Pekingese, e.g.
- Play object
- Shih Tzu, e.g.
- String along
- Yoyo
- Bit of kiddie litter
- Plaything
- Yo-yo or Frisbee
- Play (with), as someone's heart
- AKC category
More clues leading to the result KID
- "Muskrat Ramble" composer Ory
- "The Yellow ___"
- Josh
- Glove leather
- Pull one's leg
- Young goat
- Make fun of
- Joke
- Baby goat
- "Star Wars ___" (viral video)