The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word COILS , but the solution may also be COILSUP which is one of the most recent solution (2006 in Newsday).
Prepares to strike, as a snake crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| COILS | 50 % | 5 |
| COILSUP | 50 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Prepares to strike, as a snake
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Crossword Answer definitions
COILS noun- Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
- Any intrauterine device (Abbreviation: IUD)—the first IUDs were coil-shaped.
- A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.
- Entanglement; perplexity.
- To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.
- To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center.
- To wind cylindrically or spirally.
- To encircle and hold with, or as if with, coils.
- A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result COILS
- Slinkys, essentially
- Shapes snakes make
- Winds about
- Mattress layer
- Spirals
- Makes ropes shipshape
- Winds (around)
- Prepares to strike, as a snake
- Mattress framework
- Winds