The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word GETS , but the solution may also be REAPS which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in Wall Street Journal).
Receives crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| GETS | 41 % | 4 |
| SEES | 25 % | 4 |
| GREETS | 9 % | 6 |
| ACCEPTS | 9 % | 7 |
| ADMITS | 6 % | 6 |
| REAPS | 3 % | 5 |
| HAS | 3 % | 3 |
| DERIVES | 3 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Receives
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- invite
- take in
- obtain
- get
- have
- meet
- undergo
- find
- encounter
- welcome
- pick up
- experience
Crossword Answer definitions
GETS noun- Offspring.
- Lineage.
- A difficult return or block of a shot.
- Something gained; an acquisition.
- (ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
- To receive.
- (in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes.
- To fetch, bring, take.
- To become, or cause oneself to become.
- To cause to become; to bring about.
- To cause to do.
- To cause to come or go or move.
- To cause to be in a certain status or position.
- (with various prepositions, such as into, over, or behind; for specific idiomatic senses see individual entries get into, get over, etc.) To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).
- To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
- To begin (doing something or to do something).
- To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
- To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
- (followed by infinitive) To be able, be permitted, or have the opportunity (to do something desirable or ironically implied to be desirable).
- To understand. (compare get it)
- To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).
- To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.
- To become ill with or catch (a disease).
- To catch out, trick successfully.
- To perplex, stump.
- To find as an answer.
- To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.
- To hear completely; catch.
- To getter.
- To beget (of a father).
- To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
- Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
- To go, to leave; to scram.
- To kill.
- To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
- To measure.
- A git.
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 GETS
- Arrives at
- Understands
- Comes by
- Groks
- Comes into
- Comprehends
- Catches on to
- Hears clearly
- Obtains
- Understands, as a joke
More clues leading to the result SEES
- Catches on
- Checks out
- Goes out with
- Blunders upon
- Comprehends
- Dates
- Eyes
- Gets it
- Gets the picture
- Keeps company with
More clues leading to the result GREETS
- Waves at, perhaps
- Says howdy
- Shakes hands with, at the door
- Rolls out the red carpet
- Welcomes
- Does a classic Walmart job
- Performs a church service
- Shakes hands with, say
- Says hello to
- Hugs, maybe
More clues leading to the result ACCEPTS
- Agrees to
- Believes in
- Takes on
- Goes along with
- Takes to be true
- Believes in.
- Takes.
- Receives with favor.
- Receives.
- Receives
More clues leading to the result ADMITS
- Lets in
- Fesses up
- Lets in or lets on
- Lets on
- Allows
- Confesses
- Doesn't turn away
- Allows to pass
- Owns up
- Fesses up to
More clues leading to the result REAPS
- Swings a sickle
- Acquires, as profit
- Harvests
- Cuts the mustard?
- Does some field work
- Garners
- Gathers
- Brings in at harvest
- Brings in
- Brings in, as grains
More clues leading to the result HAS
- "Euclid alone ___ looked on beauty bare..."
- A few laughs
- Is afflicted with
- Suffers from
- Is in possession
- Is suffering from
- Keeps
- Owns
- ___-been
- Possesses