The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word STRIDENT , but the solution may also be HOARSE which is one of the most recent solution (1986 in New York Times).
Rasping crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STRIDENT | 25 % | 8 |
| HOARSE | 25 % | 6 |
| SCRAPY | 25 % | 6 |
| HARSH | 25 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Rasping
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- raspy
- grating
- cacophonous
- rough
- cacophonic
- gravelly
- gravel
- shrilling
- keening
- hoarse
- croaky
- throaty
Crossword Answer definitions
STRIDENT noun- One of a class of s-like fricatives produced by an airstream directed at the upper teeth.
- Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding
- Grating or obnoxious
- Vigorous; making strides
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 STRIDENT
- Shrill
- Raucous
- Unpleasantly loud
- Offensively loud
- Grating
- Far from soothing
- Harsh
- Harsh-sounding
- Rasping.
- Raucous.
More clues leading to the result HOARSE
- Croaking
- Having a frog in one's throat
- Like laryngitis sufferers
- Gravelly
- Laryngitic
- How Vito Corleone sounded
- Froggy-throated
- Rough-sounding
- Barely able to speak
- Raspy