The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word THRUM which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2021.
Play idly, as a guitar crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| THRUM | 67 % | 5 |
| STRUM | 33 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Play idly, as a guitar
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- strum
- thrum
- twiddle
- monkey
- comp
- twirl
- doodle
- pick
- playing
- strumming
- shredded
- drawing
Crossword Answer definitions
THRUM noun- A thrumming sound; a hum or vibration.
- A spicy taste; a tang.
- To cause a steady rhythmic vibration, usually by plucking.
- To make a monotonous drumming noise.
- The ends of the warp threads in a loom which remain unwoven attached to the loom when the web is cut.
- (chiefly in plural) A fringe made of such threads.
- Any short piece of leftover thread or yarn; a tuft or tassel.
- A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.
- A tuft, bundle, or fringe of any threadlike structures, as hairs on a leaf, fibers of a root.
- A bundle of minute blood vessels, a plexus.
- (chiefly in plural) Small pieces of rope yarn used for making mats or mops.
- A mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn.
- A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.
- To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.
- To insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in.
- Made of or woven from thrum.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result THRUM
- Loom waste
- Dull sound
- Tap idly with the fingers
- Pluck idly, as a guitar
- Monotonous sound
- Play monotonously, as a guitar
- Tap idly with one's fingers
- Finger-tapping sound
- Continuous humming sound
- Play idly, as a guitar