The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word CHAP which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2015.
Roughen crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CHAP | 70 % | 4 |
| ABRADE | 20 % | 6 |
| NURL | 10 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Roughen
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- chapped
- cracked
- rough
- unsmooth
- abrade
- smoothen
- soften
- planish
- straighten
- flatten
- repolish
- toughen
Crossword Answer definitions
CHAP noun- (obsolete outside Britain and Australia) A man, a fellow.
- A customer, a buyer.
- A child.
- A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin.
- A division; a breach, as in a party.
- A blow; a rap.
- Of the skin, to split or flake due to cold weather or dryness.
- To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.
- To strike, knock.
- (often in the plural) The jaw.
- One of the jaws or cheeks of a vice, etc.
- (authorship) One of the main sections into which the text of a book is divided.
- A section of a social or religious body.
- A sequence (of events), especially when presumed related and likely to continue.
- A decretal epistle.
- A location or compartment.
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 CHAP
- Bloke
- Gent
- British gent
- Mate
- Companion
- Fellow
- Young fellow
- Break in the winter
- Crack in the winter
- Redden and split
More clues leading to the result ABRADE
- Rub
- Scrape
- Wear away
- Rub the wrong way?
- Use a pumice stone
- Wear down
- Chafe
- Irritate
- What a beard might do
- Wear by rubbing