The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word DRAFTS , but the solution may also be ROUGHS which is one of the most recent solution (2015 in Wall Street Journal).
Preliminary sketches crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DRAFTS | 67 % | 6 |
| ROUGHS | 33 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Preliminary sketches
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- scratch pad
- scratch paper
- scribbling block
- rough
- review
- sketch
- sketching
- storyboard
- abbozzo
- banked
- before
- cartoon
Crossword Answer definitions
DRAFTS noun- A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.
- Draw through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process.
- An act of drinking.
- The quantity of liquid (such as water, alcohol, or medicine) drunk in one swallow.
- A dose (of medicine, alcohol, etc.)
- Beer drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can.
- Depth of water needed to float a ship; depth below the water line to the bottom of a vessel's hull; depth of water drawn by a vessel.
- An early version of a written work (such as a book or e-mail) or drawing.
- A preliminary sketch or outline for a plan.
- A cheque, an order for money to be paid.
- Conscription, the system of forcing people to serve in the military.
- A system of forcing or convincing people to take an elected position.
- A system of assigning rookie players to professional sports teams.
- The pulling force (tension) on couplers and draft gear during a slack stretched condition.
- The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, so that it can be drawn from the sand without damaging the mould.
- (possibly obsolete) The action or an act (especially of a beast of burden or vehicle) of pulling something along or back.
- (possibly obsolete) The act of drawing in a net for fish.
- (possibly obsolete) That which is drawn in; a catch, a haul.
- A quantity that is requisitioned or drawn out from a larger population.
- To write a first version, make a preliminary sketch.
- To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.
- To write a law.
- To conscript a person, force a person to serve in some capacity, especially in the military.
- To select someone (or something) for a particular role or purpose.
- To select and separate an animal or animals from a group.
- To select a rookie player onto a professional sports team.
- To follow very closely (behind another vehicle), thereby providing an aerodynamic advantage to both lead and follower and conserving energy or increasing speed.
- To draw out; to call forth.
- To draw fibers out of a clump, for spinning in the production of yarn.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result DRAFTS
- Calls up, in a way
- Taproom offerings
- Preliminary sketches
- Rough sketches
- Some works in progress
- Budweiser and Coors, often
- Early manuscript versions
- Fantasy football events
- Chilly breezes
- Some are rough