The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word TAR which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2021.
Sailor crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TAR | 47 % | 3 |
| GOB | 12 % | 3 |
| SEAMAN | 8 % | 6 |
| SWAB | 5 % | 4 |
| SALT | 5 % | 4 |
| SEAFARER | 4 % | 8 |
| MARINER | 4 % | 7 |
| HAT | 4 % | 3 |
| BLUEJACKET | 2 % | 10 |
| MIDDY | 1 % | 5 |
| CREWMAN | 1 % | 7 |
| SWABBY | 1 % | 6 |
| SEADOG | 1 % | 6 |
| SHIPMAN | 1 % | 7 |
| ENOCHARDEN | 1 % | 10 |
| JACKTAR | 1 % | 7 |
| JACK | 1 % | 4 |
| CAPTAINAHAB | 1 % | 11 |
| DECKHAND | 1 % | 8 |
| SEMN | 1 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sailor
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- crewman
- bluejacket
- boater
- skimmer
- straw hat
- panama
- leghorn
- navy man
- sailor boy
- deckhand
- seafarer
- shipman
Crossword Answer definitions
TAR noun- (usually uncountable) A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.
- Coal tar.
- A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke.
- A sailor, because of the traditional tarpaulin clothes.
- Black tar, a form of heroin.
- To coat with tar.
- To besmirch.
- A program for archiving files, common on Unix systems.
- A file produced by such a program.
- To create a tar archive.
- A Persian long-necked, waisted instrument, shared by many cultures and countries in the Middle East and the Caucasus.
- A single-headed round frame drum originating in North Africa and the Middle East.
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 TAR
- Black gunk
- Defile
- Highway-crew need
- Macadam material
- Pitch
- Pitch yielder
- Roofing material
- Seafarer
- Sticky black stuff
- __ Heel (North Carolinian)
More clues leading to the result GOB
- Tar
- One who takes liberties
- Seaman
- Sea salt
- "Arrested Development" brother
- Jack-tar
- Sailor
- Sloppy lump
- Big wet hunk
- Squishy mass
More clues leading to the result SEAMAN
- Nellie Bly
- Tar
- On the water
- "Master and Commander" extra
- "Able" military figure
- Navy recruit
- Hand on deck
- Landlubber's opposite
- Mariner
- Queeg or Queequeg
More clues leading to the result SWAB
- Cotton ball
- He may be on deck
- Mop, as the deck
- Clean the deck
- Sea dog
- Wipe up
- Tar
- Q-tip
- Mariner's mop
- Clean with a mop
More clues leading to the result SALT
- NaCI
- NaCl
- Seadog
- Skeptic's grain
- 1972 pact
- Popcorn add-on
- Pretzel topper
- Season
- Soluble compound
- It melts the ice
More clues leading to the result SEAFARER
- Mariner
- Columbus, e.g.
- Old salt
- Early explorer, of necessity
- Sinbad, for one
- Jason, for one
- Sailor
- McGinty, for instance.
- Sailor.
- Conrad, as a young man.
More clues leading to the result MARINER
- Sailor
- NASA program that was the first to photograph another planet
- Seaman
- See 33 Across
- First mission to make a successful planetary flyby
- Ancient sailor, in a rime
- Seafarer
- Seattle centerfielder, e.g.
- Safeco Field ballplayer
- Ancient Coleridge character
More clues leading to the result HAT
- Bad-hair day helper
- Porkpie or Panama
- Ring toss?
- Topper
- "Top __" (Astaire flick)
- Bowler or derby
- Bowler or sailor
- It's over your head
- Tricorn or bowler
- Mexican ___ dance
More clues leading to the result BLUEJACKET
More clues leading to the result MIDDY
- Future ensign
- Annapolis student
- Annapolis student, familiarly
- Sailor.
- Loose blouse.
- Annapolis man: Colloq.
- Student at Annapolis: Colloq.
- Kind of blouse.
- Blouse.
- Type of blouse.
More clues leading to the result CREWMAN
More clues leading to the result SWABBY
More clues leading to the result SEADOG
- Popeye, for one
- Seasoned salt?
- Old salt
- Veteran sailor
- Experienced sailor
- Salt
- Grizzled gob
- Seasoned sailor
- "Pequod" crewman
- Skilled sailor
More clues leading to the result SHIPMAN
More clues leading to the result ENOCHARDEN
- Poem featuring the line "Now when the dead man come to life beheld / His wife his wife no more"
- SAILOR
More clues leading to the result JACKTAR
More clues leading to the result JACK
- Car lifter
- Jill's companion
- "Lost" protagonist
- Deli cheese
- With 61-Across, "Hawaii Five-O" star who led from behind?
- Royal flush card
- Modem-cable port
- "City Slickers" Oscar-winner Palance
- Bronco lifter, perhaps
- DJ Wolfman
More clues leading to the result CAPTAINAHAB
- 1956 Gregory Peck role
- SAILOR
- His last words were "Thus, I give up the spear!"
- "From hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee" speaker
- Character in 9- & 59-Across
- To whom Stubb and Flask answered, in literature