The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word EWES , but the solution may also be OVINES which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in LA Times).
Sheep crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EWES | 41 % | 4 |
| EWE | 29 % | 3 |
| OVINES | 13 % | 6 |
| MERINO | 5 % | 6 |
| RAMS | 4 % | 4 |
| RAM | 2 % | 3 |
| MERINOS | 2 % | 7 |
| OVINE | 1 % | 5 |
| KARAKULS | 1 % | 8 |
| WOOLSOURCE | 1 % | 10 |
| OVIS | 1 % | 4 |
| NEVERMIND | 1 % | 9 |
| TEGS | 1 % | 4 |
Why may OVINES be the right solution?
The term "ovines" refers specifically to sheep, making it the correct answer to the clue "Sheep."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sheep
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- ovine
- lamb
- ewe
- shepherd
- sheepmeat
- pastor
- herd
- argali
- mutton
- livestock
- goat
- flock
Crossword Answer definitions
EWES noun- A female sheep, as opposed to a ram.
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 EWES
- Barnyard belles
- Flock females
- Lea ladies
- She sheep
- Woolly flock
- Rams' ma'ams
- Wool providers
- Woolly ones
- Rams' mates
- Flock members
More clues leading to the result EWE
- Fleecy female
- Cote dweller
- Farm mama
- Merino mama
- Ram's mate
- Romano cheese milk source
- She sheep
- Shearable she
- Bleating mother
- Flock member
More clues leading to the result OVINES
- Sheep
- Rams and lambs
- Cheviots and merinos
- Merino, Suffolk and Dorset
- Wool sources
- Merino and Dorset
- They're sheepish
- Bighorns, argalis, mouflons and the like
More clues leading to the result MERINO
- Spanish wool
- Source of fine wool
- Breed of sheep from Spain
- Type of white sheep
- Spanish sheep with fine wool
- Fine wool
- Sheep
- Sheep type
- Sheep prized for its wool
- Breed of sheep
More clues leading to the result RAMS
- Ewe's mates
- Hits head-on
- 2000 Super Bowl champs
- Crashes into
- Ewes' guys
- They're bullish
- Barnyard butters
- They may go head to head
- Drives into deliberately
- 2000 Super Bowl winners
More clues leading to the result RAM
- Bump into
- Butt into
- PC component
- Zodiac animal
- Zodiac sign
- Batter
- Computer memory acronym
- Computerphile's concern
- Hacker's need
- Namath, at the end of his career
More clues leading to the result MERINOS
- Sheep varieties
- Spanish sheep
- Sources of soft wool
- Soft-wool sources
- Sources of fine wool
- Some sheep
- Wool producers
- Sheep.
- Fine-wooled sheep.
- Sheep with wool over their eyes.
More clues leading to the result OVINE
- Just like ewe?
- Sheep-ish
- Like a sheep rancher's charges
- Like shearlings
- Sheepish
- Like a member of the fold
- Sheeplike
- Sheepish?
- Like Bo-Peep's charges
- Like Mary's lamb
More clues leading to the result KARAKULS
More clues leading to the result WOOLSOURCE
More clues leading to the result OVIS
- Senat votes
- Aries, to Caesar
- Genus of sheep.
- Sheep genus.
- Sheep: Lat.
- Genus of sheep
- Sheep genus
- 21-Down's genus
- Sheep's genus
- Sheep
More clues leading to the result NEVERMIND
- ... "Sheep"?
- With 60-Across, forget about those aliens who go "Exterminate! Exterminate!"?
- "Oh, forget it"
- Best-selling Nirvana album
- "Forget it!"
- "Don't bother"
- Emily Litella catchphrase
- Don't bother.
- Forget it!
- "Forget I said anything"