The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word RANKS which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2025.
Puts in order crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RANKS | 27 % | 5 |
| SORTS | 24 % | 5 |
| NEATENS | 20 % | 7 |
| ASSORTS | 7 % | 7 |
| SETTLES | 7 % | 7 |
| SETS | 5 % | 4 |
| COLLATES | 2 % | 8 |
| ALIGNS | 2 % | 6 |
| NEATS | 2 % | 5 |
| TIDIES | 2 % | 6 |
Why may RANKS be the right solution?
The word "ranks" can mean to put in order or arrange in a particular sequence, making it the right answer for the clue "Puts in order."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Puts in order
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- arranges
- organizes
- sorts
- neatens
- orderer
- systematist
- actor
- arranger
- placer
- promulgation
- collates
- systematiser
Crossword Answer definitions
RANKS noun- A row of people or things organized in a grid pattern, often soldiers [the corresponding term for the perpendicular columns in such a pattern is "file"].
- In a pipe organ, a set of pipes of a certain quality for which each pipe corresponds to one key or pedal.
- One's position in a list sorted by a shared property such as physical location, population, or quality
- The level of one's position in a class-based society
- A hierarchical level in an organization such as the military
- A level in a scientific taxonomy system
- Maximal number of linearly independent columns (or rows) of a matrix.
- The dimensionality of an array or tensor.
- The maximum quantity of D-linearly independent elements of a module (over an integral domain D).
- The size of any basis of a given matroid.
- One of the eight horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a number). The analog vertical lines are the files.
- (typically in the plural) A category of people, such as those who share an occupation.
- To place abreast, or in a line.
- To have a ranking.
- To assign a suitable place in a class or order; to classify.
- To take rank of; to outrank.
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 RANKS
- Enlisted personnel
- Social standings
- Military formations
- Puts in order
- Relative positions
- Hierarchy levels
- Hierarchical positions
- Colonel and captain
- Major and captain
- Military designations
More clues leading to the result SORTS
- Does a laundry task
- Ilks
- Puts in proper order
- Readies the wash
- Rearranges a database
- Classifies
- Does a mailroom chore
- Tends to the socks
- Alphabetizes
- Categorize
More clues leading to the result NEATENS
- Spiffs up
- Puts straight
- Puts in order
- Straightens up
- Tidies up
- Tidies
- Spruces up
- Spiffs (up)
- Clears up
- Orders
More clues leading to the result ASSORTS
- Classifies
- Fits into groups
- Color-codes, e.g.
- Arranges
- Puts in order
- Categorizes
- Pigeonholes
- Puts in like piles
- Puts into groups
- Catalogs
More clues leading to the result SETTLES
- Takes care of the bill
- Takes up residence (in)
- Takes care of a suit, in a way
- Colonizes
- Reconciles
- Avoids a trial
- Resolves out of court
- Resolves, as an argument
- Finds a level
- Reaches an agreement
More clues leading to the result SETS
- Arranges a table
- Collections
- Gig components
- Goes down
- Tennis units
- Tennis-match units
- Venn-diagram areas
- Chess and tea
- Lays in place
- Sun events
More clues leading to the result COLLATES
More clues leading to the result ALIGNS
- Does a front-end job
- Joins a cause
- Straightens
- Puts in a row
- Puts into the correct position
- Trues up
- Sets straight
- Does an auto mechanic's job
- Brings into agreement
- Associates (with)
More clues leading to the result NEATS
- Puts things in the proper place
- __-foot oil
- ___-foot-oil
- ___-foot oil
- ___ -foot oil
- ___-foot oil (leather dressing)
- ___ foot oil
- Makes orderly.
- Puts in order.
- ___-foot oil.