The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word RIPS , but the solution may also be TEARSUP which is one of the most recent solution (2022 in Wall Street Journal).
Shreds crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RIPS | 22 % | 4 |
| TATTERS | 17 % | 7 |
| IOTAS | 14 % | 5 |
| RAGS | 11 % | 4 |
| TEARSUP | 8 % | 7 |
| WISPS | 8 % | 5 |
| SCRAPS | 3 % | 6 |
| RIPSUP | 3 % | 6 |
| SNIPS | 3 % | 5 |
| BITS | 3 % | 4 |
| TEARSTOPIECES | 3 % | 13 |
| TRACES | 3 % | 6 |
| TEARS | 3 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Shreds
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- tear up
- rip up
- tatter
- rag
- scintilla
- smidge
- smidgin
- smidgeon
- smidgen
- whit
- tag end
- tag
Crossword Answer definitions
RIPS noun- A tear (in paper, etc.).
- A type of tide or current.
- A comical, embarrassing, or hypocritical event or action.
- A hit (dose) of marijuana.
- (Eton College) A black mark given for substandard schoolwork.
- Something unfairly expensive, a rip-off.
- Data or audio copied from a CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc. to a hard drive, portable device, etc.
- Something ripped off or stolen; plagiarism.
- A kind of glissando leading up to the main note to be played.
- To divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy such as paper or fabric), by cutting or tearing; to tear off or out by violence.
- To tear apart; to rapidly become two parts.
- To get by, or as if by, cutting or tearing.
- To move quickly and destructively.
- To cut wood along (parallel to) the grain.
- To copy data from CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc. to a hard drive, portable device, etc.
- (narcotics) To take a "hit" of marijuana.
- To fart.
- To mock or criticize (someone or something). (often used with on)
- To steal; to rip off.
- To move or act fast, to rush headlong.
- To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; usually with up.
- To surf extremely well.
- A wicker basket for fish.
- A worthless horse; a nag.
- An immoral man; a rake, a scoundrel.
- A handful of unthreshed grain.
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 RIPS
- Sail damage
- Splits one's pants
- Spends three hours thinking about how cool Christmas lights are, say
- Tears apart
- Tears
- Copies, as a CD
- Holes in jeans
- Shows off guitar prowess
- Splits sans scissors
- Wardrobe malfunctions
More clues leading to the result TATTERS
- Shreds
- Shabby clothing
- Ragged clothes
- Rags
- Torn clothing
- Turns to rags
- Unenviable outfit
- Rags.
- Ragged clothing.
- Shreds.
More clues leading to the result IOTAS
More clues leading to the result RAGS
- Dustcloths
- Pre-riches state
- Joplin tunes
- Pieces of old cloth
- Cast offs
- Cleaning cloths
- Fabric scraps
- Poverty, figuratively
- Fragments of cloth.
- Precursor of riches
More clues leading to the result TEARSUP
- Shreds
- Gets weepy
- Removes by violence.
- Shreds.
- Destroys, in a way.
- Starts to cry
- Is overcome by emotion, maybe
- Shows some emotion
- Rips to bits
- Cancels
More clues leading to the result WISPS
- Small bunches
- Thin puffs
- Thin streams of smoke
- Smoky streaks
- Cirrocumulus clouds, e.g.
- Small clouds
- Lingering traces
- Smoke signals, sometimes
- Einstein's tonsorial trademark
- Thin tufts
More clues leading to the result SCRAPS
- Aborts
- Leftovers
- Remnants
- Makeshift food for Fido
- Fistfights
- Discards
- Orts
- Bits and pieces
- Gets rid of
- Leftover bits
More clues leading to the result RIPSUP
- Turns to confetti
- Tears to shreds
- Rejects dramatically, as a contract
- Tears to pieces
- Tears to shreds.
- Shreds
More clues leading to the result SNIPS
- Sheet-metal tool
- Performs a bris
- Bitty pieces
- Short cuts?
- Cuts
- Barbershop sounds
- Shears for metal
- Sheet metal shears
- Uses scissors
- Barber's cuts
More clues leading to the result BITS
- They're two for a quarter
- Data units
- Tiny amounts of memory
- Pieces' partner
- Smidgens
- Smithereens
- Drill inserts
- Drill accessories
- Bridle parts
- Drill parts
More clues leading to the result TEARSTOPIECES
More clues leading to the result TRACES
- Shreds
- 1969 Classics IV hit
- 1969 hit song by the Classics IV
- Remnants
- Minute amounts
- Tiny amounts
- Copies, in a way
- Hints
- Vestiges
- Tracks down