The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SALT , but the solution may also be SASH which is one of the most recent solution (2015 in New York Times).
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Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
SALT | 13 % | 4 |
HEN | 13 % | 3 |
HEEP | 13 % | 4 |
NEBO | 13 % | 4 |
THE | 13 % | 3 |
IRA | 13 % | 3 |
SASH | 13 % | 4 |
GARDE | 13 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: See 97-Across
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- babeuf
- george
- gold
- para
- aec
- all
- among
- any
- arc
- average
Crossword Answer definitions
SALT noun- A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative.
- One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.
- A salt marsh, a saline marsh at the shore of a sea.
- A sailor (also old salt).
- Randomly chosen bytes added to a plaintext message prior to encrypting or hashing it, in order to render brute-force decryption more difficult.
- A person who seeks employment at a company in order to (once employed by it) help unionize it.
- Flavour; taste; seasoning.
- Piquancy; wit; sense.
- A dish for salt at table; a salt cellar.
- Skepticism and common sense.
- Indignation; outrage; arguing.
- To add salt to.
- To deposit salt as a saline solution.
- To fill with salt between the timbers and planks, as a ship, for the preservation of the timber.
- To insert or inject something into an object to give it properties it would not naturally have.
- To include colorful language in.
- To add filler bytes before encrypting, in order to make brute-force decryption more resource-intensive.
- Salty; salted.
- Saline.
- Related to salt deposits, excavation, processing or use.
- Bitter; sharp; pungent.
- Salacious; lecherous; lustful; (of animals) in heat.
- Costly; expensive.
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 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 HEN
- Biddy
- Layer
- __ fruit
- Female pheasant
- Ex-egg, perhaps
- Producer of 44A
- Soup maker?
- Coop biddy
- Female octopus
- Female lobster
More clues leading to the result HEEP
- Uriah __
- Dickens villain
- "Uriah ___"
- Foe of Copperfield
- See 97 Across
- Dickensian clerk
- Fictional Uriah
- Clerk of literature
- Perfidious "David Copperfield" clerk
- Dickensian hypocrite Uriah
More clues leading to the result NEBO
- Babylonian god of agriculture
- Biblical mount
- Mount from which Moses saw the Promised Land
- Biblical mountain
- Dead Sea mountain
- Biblical peak
- Mount atop which Moses saw the Promised Land
- Mount where Moses saw the Promised Land
- "By ___'s lonely mountain."—Burial of Moses.
- Summit of Mount Pisgah.
More clues leading to the result THE
- Common title starter
- End preceder
- Overused article
- Everyday article
- Not just any
- Word ignored in alphabetization
- Common article
- Small article
- ___ works (everything)
- More of a quote by 36A
More clues leading to the result IRA
- "Deathtrap" author Levin
- "Rosemary's Baby" author Levin
- A Gershwin
- Author Levin
- Gershwin or Levin
- Lyricist Gershwin
- Playwright Levin
- Retirement-fund letters
- Sinn Fein's gr.
- Tax-deferred acct.
More clues leading to the result SASH
- Cummerbund
- Waistband
- Ribbon for Miss America
- Silk belt
- Window frame
- Window part
- Obi or alb, e.g.
- Waist dressing
- Waist wrapper
- Pane frame