The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word AIMED which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2022.
Pointed crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| AIMED | 50 % | 5 |
| ACUATE | 20 % | 6 |
| SPICATE | 4 % | 7 |
| PIKED | 4 % | 5 |
| TERSE | 4 % | 5 |
| SHARP | 4 % | 5 |
| ACUTE | 2 % | 5 |
| PEAKY | 2 % | 5 |
| PITHY | 2 % | 5 |
| LIKEASPIKE | 2 % | 10 |
| SPIRED | 2 % | 6 |
| TAPERED | 2 % | 7 |
| EXACT | 2 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Pointed
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- acuate
- sharp
- sharpened
- acuminate
- bladelike
- lancelike
- needle-shaped
- acicular
- swordlike
- hastate
- ensiform
- sagittate
Crossword Answer definitions
AIMED verb- To point or direct a missile, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it
- To direct the intention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor;—followed by at, or by an infinitive
- To direct or point (e.g. a weapon), at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against an object
- To direct (something verbal) towards a certain person, thing, or group
- To guess or conjecture.
- Directed towards a target.
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 AIMED
- __ at (drew a bead on)
- Drew a bead on
- Prepared to fire
- Pointed
- Shot (for)
- Drew a bead
- Had the intent
- Readied the bow
- Intended
- Set sights
More clues leading to the result ACUATE
- Pointed
- Having a point.
- Sharpened.
- Sharp at the end.
- Having a sharp point.
- Sharp-pointed
- Having a sharp point
- Sharpened
- Needle-shaped
- Ending in a sharp point
More clues leading to the result SPICATE
- Like barley flowers
- Having spikes, as a plant.
- Pointed.
- Having spikes: Bot.
- Pointed
- Having spikes, as a plant
- Like ears of grain
More clues leading to the result PIKED
More clues leading to the result TERSE
- Brusque
- Not mincing words
- Right to the point
- To the point
- Not windy
- Direct
- Short and sweet
- Concise
- Clipped
- Pithy
More clues leading to the result SHARP
- On the dot
- Out of tune
- Off key
- On, as a pitcher
- A little high in music class?
- Like the cutting edge
- Higher than normal
- On the ball
- What # may indicate
- Pitched too high
More clues leading to the result ACUTE
- Like some accents
- Penetrating
- Perceptive
- Very distressing
- Keenly perceptive
- Kind of angle
- Intense
- Quick-sighted
- Sharp
- Like pain after getting poked
More clues leading to the result PEAKY
More clues leading to the result PITHY
- Succinct
- Embodying brevity
- Like well-written aphorisms
- Short and meaningful, as a saying
- Succinct and meaningful
- To the point
- Forceful and brief
- Pointed
- Brief and forceful
- Like mottoes
More clues leading to the result LIKEASPIKE
More clues leading to the result SPIRED
- Like many a steeple
- Having a steeple
- Like steeples
- Like some churches
- Like Independence Hall
- Like many churches
- Topped like steeples
- Tapering.
- Having a steeple.
- Pointed.
More clues leading to the result TAPERED
- Narrowed down
- Coming to a point
- Narrowed
- Pointed
- Like some pant legs
- Narrowing toward one end
- Like some candles
- Like a pencil point
- Like chopsticks
- Came to a point