The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word STAGGER which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2018.
Reel crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STAGGER | 19 % | 7 |
| SPOOL | 19 % | 5 |
| SPIN | 16 % | 4 |
| TOTTER | 9 % | 6 |
| DANCE | 9 % | 5 |
| LURCH | 9 % | 5 |
| SEESTARS | 6 % | 8 |
| WHIRL | 3 % | 5 |
| WINDER | 3 % | 6 |
| SWIM | 3 % | 4 |
| SGER | 3 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Reel
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- lurch
- stagger
- waggle
- swag
- wamble
- whirl
- gyrate
- bobbin
- spool
- careen
- virginia reel
- spin
Crossword Answer definitions
STAGGER noun- An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion
- A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling
- Bewilderment; perplexity.
- The spacing out of various actions over time.
- The difference in circumference between the left and right tires on a racing vehicle. It is used on oval tracks to make the car turn better in the corners.
- The horizontal positioning of a biplane, triplane, or multiplane's wings in relation to one another.
- Sway unsteadily, reel, or totter.
- Doubt, waver, be shocked.
- Have multiple groups doing the same thing in a uniform fashion, but starting at different, evenly-spaced, times or places (attested from 1856).
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 STAGGER
- Go back and forth, in more than one sense
- Reel
- Walk in a crooked line
- Act drunk
- Shock
- Cause to reel
- Walk drunkenly
- Overlap time slots
- Alternate
- Render helpless
More clues leading to the result SPOOL
- Reel for film
- Bobbin, e.g.
- Yo-yo, essentially
- Wire holder
- Item in a sewing kit
- Ribbon holder
- Tape holder
- Thread holder
- Bobbin
- Fishing reel winder
More clues leading to the result SPIN
- English
- Reel
- Test drive
- ____ doctor
- Top movement
- Word before cycle or doctor
- TV's "___ City"
- Tail or top follower
- Type of doctor
- With 37D, TV comedy with Michael J. Fox
More clues leading to the result TOTTER
- Wobble
- Lose stability
- Seem about to fall
- Threaten to fall
- Perch precariously
- Walk feebly
- Walk unsteadily
- Act besotted
- Reel
- Walk shakily
More clues leading to the result DANCE
- Twist or stomp
- Sock hop
- Watusi, e.g.
- One of the Seven Lively Arts
- "Lose Yourself to ___" (2013 Daft Punk single)
- Jig, e.g.
- Follow some steps
- Mashed potato, e.g.
- Ballroom activity
- Cut a rug
More clues leading to the result LURCH
- "The Addams Family" butler
- Jerk in a car
- Addamses' butler
- Stagger
- Move in a jerky way
- Fictional butler who inquires, "You rang?"
- Gomez's butler
- Leave in the __: abandon
- Roll suddenly to one side
- It's not good to be left in it
More clues leading to the result SEESTARS
- Take one on the chin
- Have one's bell rung
- React to a haymaker
- React to a beanball, maybe
- Have a concussion, perhaps
- React to a blow
- Tour Hollywood?
- Reel in the ring
- Reel from a blow
- React to a strong punch
More clues leading to the result WHIRL
- Move like a dervish
- Go around in circles
- Act the dervish
- Emulate a dervish
- Spin around
- Brief attempt
- Spin
- Try
- Go around and around
- Rotate rapidly
More clues leading to the result WINDER
More clues leading to the result SWIM
- Take a dip
- Fish do it
- Work-out in the pool
- Paddle in the pool
- Do the butterfly
- Sink alternative
- Crawl, say
- Dip, maybe
- Have a stroke?
- Work out in a lane