The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word PLUCKS which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2015.
Pulls strings crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PLUCKS | 33 % | 6 |
| STRUMS | 33 % | 6 |
| RELACES | 33 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Pulls strings
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- pull strings
- manipulates
- manipulating
- manipulate
- manipulator
- manipulation
- stringing
- puppet master
- puppetmaster
- manipulatively
- manipulatory
- manipulativeness
Crossword Answer definitions
PLUCKS verb- To pull something sharply; to pull something out
- To take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation.
- To gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc.
- To remove feathers from a bird.
- To rob, fleece, steal forcibly
- To play a string instrument pizzicato.
- To pull or twitch sharply.
- (university slang) To be rejected after failing an examination for a degree.
- Of a glacier: to transport individual pieces of bedrock by means of gradual erosion through freezing and thawing.
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 PLUCKS
More clues leading to the result STRUMS
- Plays a Stratocaster
- Plays lightly
- Plays the banjo
- Plays guitar
- Casually plays, in a way
- Doesn't pick, musically
- Plays guitar chords, in a way
- Plays chords, in a way
- Plays the banjo, like someone "in the kitchen with Dinah"
- Pulls some strings?