The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word CLAPPED , but the solution may also be SMILED which is one of the most recent solution (2015 in Newsday).
Showed approval crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CLAPPED | 20 % | 7 |
| SMILED | 20 % | 6 |
| NODDED | 20 % | 6 |
| GAVEAHAND | 20 % | 9 |
| APPLAUDED | 20 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Showed approval
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- spat
- arrived
- come
- happen
- happened
- occurred
- ray
- saturn
- show
- accept
- acceptance
- accepted
Crossword Answer definitions
CLAPPED verb- To strike the palms of the hands together, creating a sharp sound.
- To applaud.
- To slap with the hand in a jovial manner.
- To bring two surfaces together forcefully, creating a sharp sound.
- To come together suddenly with noise.
- To create or assemble (something) hastily (usually followed by up or together).
- To set or put, usually in haste.
- To shoot (somebody) with a gun.
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 CLAPPED
- Showed appreciation manually
- Showed approval
- Turned (on) remotely, as the lights
- Gave a hand
- Kept time, in a way
- Played pat-a-cake
- Showed appreciation, in a way
- Showed appreciation in a handy way?
More clues leading to the result SMILED
- Beamed
- Looked pleased
- Obeyed the photographer, maybe
- "Her loveliness I never knew / Until she ___ on me" (Hartley Coleridge)
- Put on a happy face
- Said "cheese"
- Grinned
- Obeyed the photographer
- Looked happy
- Wore an upside-down frown
More clues leading to the result NODDED
- Said "yes" silently
- Showed agreement, in a way
- Dozed off
- Agreed
- Showed assent
- Silently agreed
- Dozed, with "off"
- Gave a silent O. K.
- Dozed.
- Gave silent approval.