The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word TAP , but the solution may also be APPOINT which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).
Select crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TAP | 22 % | 3 |
| CULL | 20 % | 4 |
| OPT | 18 % | 3 |
| ELITE | 9 % | 5 |
| PICK | 8 % | 4 |
| CHOOSE | 8 % | 6 |
| OPTFOR | 5 % | 6 |
| APPOINT | 2 % | 7 |
| NAME | 2 % | 4 |
| TAKE | 2 % | 4 |
| FINE | 1 % | 4 |
| PICKOUT | 1 % | 7 |
| VOTEFOR | 1 % | 7 |
| CHOICE | 1 % | 6 |
| DRAFT | 1 % | 5 |
| ELECT | 1 % | 5 |
Why may APPOINT be the right solution?
The word "appoint" means to select or designate someone for a particular position or duty, making it a fitting answer to the clue "Select."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Select
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- choose
- choice
- prime
- quality
- superior
- fine
- take
- pick out
- prize
- blue-ribbon
- elect
- picked
Crossword Answer definitions
TAP noun- A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.
- A device used to dispense liquids.
- Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor.
- A place where liquor is drawn for drinking.
- A device used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die.)
- A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it.
- An interception of communication by authority.
- A device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls.
- A procedure that removes fluid from a body cavity.
- To furnish with taps.
- To draw off liquid from a vessel.
- To deplete, especially of a liquid via a tap; to tap out.
- To exploit.
- To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection.
- To intercept a communication without authority.
- To cut an internal screw thread.
- To turn or flip a card or playing piece to remind players that it has already been used that turn (by analogy to "tapping," in the sense of drawing on to the point of temporary exhaustion, the resources or abilities represented by the card).
- To cadge, borrow or beg.
- To drain off fluid by paracentesis.
- To advance someone for a post or job, or for membership of a club.
- A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.
- The act of touching a touch screen.
- A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.
- A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed; usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo.
- A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound [ɾ] in the standard American English pronunciation of body.
- To strike lightly.
- To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly.
- To make a sharp noise.
- To operate an electronic device (e.g. a mobile phone) by tapping a specific place on its (capacitive or other) touch screen.
- To designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'.
- To have sexual intercourse with.
- To submit to an opponent by tapping one's hand repeatedly.
- To force (an opponent) to submit.
- To put a new sole or heel on.
- A rhythmic dance in which the heels and toes of the dancer's shoes make a series of clicks
- An Indian malarial fever.
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 TAP
- Barroom fixture
- Dance style
- Dance, in a way
- Faucet
- Kind of water
- Brewpub fixture
- Draw upon
- Extreme end
- Open a keg
- Water faucet
More clues leading to the result CULL
- Sift through
- Sort
- Gather
- Gather selectively
- Select
- Pluck pickily
- Filter
- Cherry-pick
- Separate, as the wheat from the chaff
- Winnow
More clues leading to the result OPT
- Choose
- Make a choice
- Not req.
- Make up your mind
- __ for (pick)
- Pick an alternative
- Select
- Be decisive
- Elect
- Choose "yes," e.g.
More clues leading to the result ELITE
- Cream of the crop
- Creme de la creme
- Social Register folks
- Superior group
- Very distinguished
- Best of a group
- Group's best part
- High class
- High-class
- Type size
More clues leading to the result PICK
- Select
- Make a selection
- Choose
- Play the banjo
- Prospector's tool
- Provoke, as a fight
- Guitar-playing tool
- Guitarist's tool
- Tease, with "on"
- "___ a card, any card..."
More clues leading to the result CHOOSE
- Arrange sides
- Opt for
- Make up your mind
- Pick
- Take one over another
- Select
- Decide on
- Take your pick
- Elect
- Order from the menu
More clues leading to the result OPTFOR
More clues leading to the result APPOINT
- Assign to a role
- Put in a post
- Designate
- Name
- Tap for office
- Name to a position
- Name officially, as to a position
- Tip off the wire?
- Name to office.
- Name.
More clues leading to the result NAME
- Arnold Schwarzenegger has a long one
- Appellation
- Put the finger on
- Give title to
- Moniker
- Point the finger at
- Title
- Address preceder
- Form's top line, often
- Designate
More clues leading to the result TAKE
- On the ____ (accepting bribes)
- Gate receipts
- Give's partner
- Ingest, as medicine
- "____this Job and Shove It"
- "___my wife. Please."
- Accept
- Accept uncomplainingly
- Pickings
- On the __ (accepting bribes)
More clues leading to the result FINE
- Better than good
- Free from impurity
- All well and good
- Monetary punishment
- Speeder's penalty
- Capital punishment?
- "It's all good"
- Ticket number?
- Excellent
- "Can't complain"
More clues leading to the result PICKOUT
More clues leading to the result VOTEFOR
- Try to elect
- Support at the polls
- Give a thumbs up to
- Cast a ballot in favor of.
- Approve.
- Select
- Support on Election Day
More clues leading to the result CHOICE
- Voter's privilege
- Exquisite
- Top-notch
- First-rate
- Not quite prime, as beef
- USDA beef grade
- Preferred
- Preference
- Selection
- Alternative
More clues leading to the result DRAFT
- First version
- Preliminary outline
- Rough copy
- Beer order
- Conscription
- Air current
- Preliminary sketch
- Unedited version
- New York ___ Riots of 1863
- Window leak