The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ROSARY , but the solution may also be ROSARIES which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).
Prayer beads crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ROSARY | 85 % | 6 |
| ROSARIES | 12 % | 8 |
| AVES | 4 % | 4 |
Why may ROSARIES be the right solution?
The answer "ROSARIES" fits the clue "Prayer beads" because rosaries are a type of beads used in Catholic prayer, typically arranged in sets of five decades for reciting the Hail Mary.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Prayer beads
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- rosary
- bead
- paternoster
- chaplet
- hail mary bead
- prayer book
- psalter
- prayer
- prayer circle
- arrow prayer
- penal rosary
- beadroll
Crossword Answer definitions
ROSARY noun- Prayer beads, a string of beads used to keep track of repetitions in prayer, particularly in the Roman Catholic Marian prayer "Hail Mary" (Ave Maria)
- A Roman Catholic devotion involving the repetition of a series of Marian prayers, usually 5, 15, or 20 decades of "Hail Marys", each decade beginning with "Our Father" and ending with "Glory Be to the Father", but sometimes including other Roman Catholic, Anglican, or Lutheran prayers.
- (by extension) A series or collection of thoughts, literary pieces, etc. intended for similar contemplation.
- A 13th-century coin minted in Europe as a counterfeit debased form of the sterling silver penny of Edward I, at first accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed.
- A rose garden.
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 ROSARY
- "Hail Mary" counter
- Prayer circle?
- Prayer beads
- Religious beads
- Prayer of many decades
- Something faithfully counted on?
- Beads worn by a nun
- It's counted in convents
- ___ beads
- Prayer counter's beads
More clues leading to the result ROSARIES
- They evoke many mysteries
- Devotional sequences
- Nuns' prayer aids
- Strings of prayer beads
- Prayer beads
- Beads.
- Some flower beds
- You can count on them
- Some Catholic gift shop purchases
- Chaplets