The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word VEER , but the solution may also be MOVE which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Shift crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| VEER | 46 % | 4 |
| RELAY | 9 % | 5 |
| CHEMISE | 9 % | 7 |
| DRESS | 7 % | 5 |
| CHANGE | 4 % | 6 |
| VARY | 4 % | 4 |
| CHANGEGEARS | 2 % | 11 |
| COMPUTERKEY | 2 % | 11 |
| JOBSCHEDULE | 2 % | 11 |
| TYPEOFDRESS | 2 % | 11 |
| REALIGN | 2 % | 7 |
| TRANSFER | 2 % | 8 |
| TURN | 2 % | 4 |
| DIVERT | 2 % | 6 |
| STINT | 2 % | 5 |
| MOVE | 2 % | 4 |
Why may MOVE be the right solution?
The word "shift" is a synonym for "move," making "MOVE" the correct answer.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Shift
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- chemise
- sack
- switching
- teddy
- slip
- sway
- tilt
- wobble
- turn around
- careen
- lurch
- budge
Crossword Answer definitions
VEER verb- To let out (a sail-line), to allow (a sheet) to run out.
- A turn or swerve; an instance of veering.
- To change direction or course suddenly; to swerve.
- (of the wind) To shift in a clockwise direction (if in the Northern Hemisphere, or in a counterclockwise direction if in the Southern Hemisphere).
- (of the wind) To shift aft.
- To change direction into the wind; to wear ship.
- To turn.
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 VEER
- Turn sharply
- Change course
- Swerve off course
- Stray
- Turn off-course
- Make a sharp turn
- Move out of the way
- Move to avoid a pothole, say
- Sudden change
- Dogleg
More clues leading to the result RELAY
- Kind of race
- Pass-the-baton race
- Electric switch
- Pass along
- Track race
- Four-legged race
- Baton event
- Team track event
- Type of race
- Pass on
More clues leading to the result CHEMISE
- Teddy part
- Loose-fitting women's garment
- Loose-fitting dress
- Shift at Victoria's Secret
- Loose-fitting undergarment
- Lingerie top with spaghetti straps
- Shroud of Dumas' Camille.
- Garment.
- Shirt.
- Undergarment
More clues leading to the result DRESS
- A-line article
- Kind of code
- Kind of rehearsal
- School code
- Prepare salad
- __ down (scold)
- Clothing item with a zipper in the back, perhaps
- Frock
- Attire
- Slip cover?
More clues leading to the result CHANGE
- Purse snatchers feel the ___ will do them good?
- Nickels and dimes, e.g.
- "A ___ Is Gonna Come" (1964 Sam Cooke anthem)
- Word in many a political slogan
- Make cents?
- Experience mutation
- "He who rejects ___ is the architect of decay": Harold Wilson
- Vending machine intake
- Alter
- You can get it for a dollar
More clues leading to the result VARY
- Deviate
- Part of YMMV
- Change from time to time
- Diversify
- Fluctuate (4)
- Eschew uniformity
- Don't be all the same
- "Results may ___"
- Try something different
- Do something different
More clues leading to the result CHANGEGEARS
More clues leading to the result COMPUTERKEY
More clues leading to the result JOBSCHEDULE
More clues leading to the result TYPEOFDRESS
More clues leading to the result REALIGN
- Get straight again
- Adjust the antenna
- Adjust, as wheels
- Work on wheels, perhaps
- Shift
- Do a car-wheel job
- Put in order again.
- True again
- Change affiliations
- Change, as allegiances
More clues leading to the result TRANSFER
- Employee's request
- Change jobs within a company
- Go to a new school
- Ticket to ride?
- Forward, as a call
- Fake tattoo, typically
- Go from Exeter to Andover
- Relocate
- Singing group Manhattan ___
- Move to a different branch
More clues leading to the result TURN
More clues leading to the result DIVERT
- Keep entertained
- Redirect
- Turn aside
- Reroute, as traffic
- Reroute
- Reroute, like a river's course
- Draw off
- Detour
- Amuse
- Sidetrack
More clues leading to the result STINT
- Assignment
- Cut corners
- Tour of duty
- Stretch
- Hitch
- Be frugal
- Temp job duration
- Time on the job
- Unbroken work period
- Job shift