The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word STERNS , but the solution may also be SEATS which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Rears crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STERNS | 26 % | 6 |
| ERECTS | 15 % | 6 |
| DERRIERES | 12 % | 9 |
| DUFFS | 9 % | 5 |
| RAISES | 9 % | 6 |
| KEISTERS | 6 % | 8 |
| CABOOSES | 3 % | 8 |
| RUMPS | 3 % | 5 |
| TUSHES | 3 % | 6 |
| NURSLES | 3 % | 7 |
| SEATS | 3 % | 5 |
| TAILENDS | 3 % | 8 |
| HEINIES | 3 % | 7 |
| BRINGSUP | 3 % | 8 |
Why may SEATS be the right solution?
The word "Rears" can mean the back part of something. "Seats" are often found at the back part of a room or vehicle, which makes it the correct answer.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Rears
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- parent
- erect
- seat
- arse
- keister
- butt
- bum
- nurture
- buns
- fundament
- raise
- put up
Crossword Answer definitions
STERNS noun- The rear part or after end of a ship or vessel.
- The post of management or direction.
- The hinder part of anything.
- The tail of an animal; now used only of the tail of a dog.
- A bird, the black tern.
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 STERNS
- The Queens rears?
- Backs of sculls
- Violinist Isaac and family
- Rear ends
- Daniel and Isaac
- Backs
- Gondoliers' positions
- Rears of boats
- Wake leaders?
- Rudder sites
More clues leading to the result ERECTS
- Puts up
- Builds
- Assembles
- Builds up
- Raises, as a building
- Constructs
- Sets up
- Is constructive?
- Raises, as a monument
- Establishes
More clues leading to the result DERRIERES
More clues leading to the result DUFFS
More clues leading to the result RAISES
- Brings up
- Bumps up
- Hikes in pay
- Ups
- Erects, as a barn
- Post-review rewards
- Does more than see
- Poker ploys
- Contract demands
- Rewards from the boss
More clues leading to the result KEISTERS
More clues leading to the result CABOOSES
- Rear ends
- Tails of trains
- Tails of trains, at times
- Rear ends of a sort
- Keisters
- Last cars on trains
- Tails of tourist trains
- Rears
- Rear train cars
- Crews' cars on freights
More clues leading to the result RUMPS
- We sit on them
- Cuts of beef
- Posteriors
- Butcher's cuts
- Rears
- Certain roasts
- Beef cuts
- Beef sources
- Remnants.
- Cuts of meat.
More clues leading to the result TUSHES
More clues leading to the result NURSLES
More clues leading to the result SEATS
- Senate's 100
- Stock exchange purchases
- Banana and bucket
- Situates
- Capitals
- Pants parts
- They're often saved at the movies
- Train reservations
- Ushers
- SRO lack
More clues leading to the result TAILENDS
- Final parts
- Hindquarters
- Rear sections
- Tips
- Last parts
- Rears
- Last parts, as of sagas
- Concluding parts
- Hindmost parts
- Closing parts