Answer to "Pokes (around)" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word NOSES , but the solution may also be SNOOPS which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in New York Times).

Pokes (around) crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
NOSES	62 %	5
SNOOPS	31 %	6
PROBES	8 %	6

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Pokes (around)

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• poke around
• poke into
• look around
• rummaging
• snooping
• play around
• cast about
• look through
• sleuthing
• walk around
• muck around
• mess around

Crossword Answer definitions

NOSES noun

1. A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
2. A snout, the nose of an animal.
3. The tip of an object.
4. The bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle, that fits into the hole of its adjacent piece.
5. The length of a horse’s nose, used to indicate the distance between horses at the finish of a race, or any very close race.
6. A perfumer.
7. The power of smelling.
8. Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.
9. The skill in recognising bouquet.
10. (by extension) Skill at finding information.
11. A downward projection from a cornice.
12. An informer.

NOSES verb

1. To move cautiously by advancing its front end.
2. To snoop.
3. To detect by smell or as if by smell.
4. To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.
5. To defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out.
6. To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang.
7. To furnish with a nose.
8. To confront; be closely face to face or opposite 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 NOSES

• Attendance count, perhaps
• Prominent features of Durante and de Bergerac
• __ around (snoops)
• Facial features
• Winter runners
• Specs supports
• Clowns' features
• Features of Groucho Marx glasses
• Something to count
• They get counted

More clues leading to the result SNOOPS

• Eavesdrops or pries
• Busybodies
• Pries
• Pokes around
• Nosy people
• Pokes one's nose in
• Eavesdroppers
• Puts one's nose where it doesn't belong
• Nosy Parkers
• Meddlesome sorts

More clues leading to the result PROBES

• Space vehicles
• Exploratory spacecraft
• Lunar explorations
• Investigations
• Examines closely
• NASA explorers
• Looks into
• Investigates
• Space explorers
• Pokes around