The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word WORE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Rocked, so to speak crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| WORE | 67 % | 4 |
| ACED | 33 % | 4 |
Why may WORE be the right solution?
The word "rocked" can be used as a metaphor for being affected or influenced. In this context, "wore" means to be affected or influenced by something. Therefore, "wore" is the right answer to the clue "Rocked, so to speak."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Rocked, so to speak
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Crossword Answer definitions
WORE verb- To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc.
- To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner.
- To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance.
- (with "it") To overcome one's reluctance and endure a (previously specified) situation.
- To eat away at, erode, diminish, or consume gradually; to cause a gradual deterioration in; to produce (some change) through attrition, exposure, or constant use.
- To undergo gradual deterioration; become impaired; be reduced or consumed gradually due to any continued process, activity, or use.
- To exhaust, fatigue, expend, or weary.
- To last or remain durable under hard use or over time; to retain usefulness, value, or desirable qualities under any continued strain or long period of time; sometimes said of a person, regarding the quality of being easy or difficult to tolerate.
- (in the phrase "wearing on (someone)") To cause annoyance, irritation, fatigue, or weariness near the point of an exhaustion of patience.
- (of time) To pass slowly, gradually or tediously.
- To bring (a sailing vessel) onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern (as opposed to tacking when the wind is brought around the bow); to come round on another tack by turning away from the wind. Also written "ware". Past: weared, or wore/worn.
- To guard; watch; keep watch, especially from entry or invasion.
- To defend; protect.
- To ward off; prevent from approaching or entering; drive off; repel.
- To conduct or guide with care or caution, as into a fold or place of safety.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result WORE
- Displayed
- Donned
- Had on
- Put on
- Diminished through attrition
- Became threadbare
- Got boring
- Sported
- Lasted
- Attrited