The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ANALYSTS , but the solution may also be RECOILS which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in New York Times).
Shrinks crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ANALYSTS | 23 % | 8 |
| CRINGES | 23 % | 7 |
| RECOILS | 15 % | 7 |
| RECEDES | 8 % | 7 |
| DWINDLES | 8 % | 8 |
| WINCES | 8 % | 6 |
| DECREASES | 8 % | 9 |
| COWERS | 8 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Shrinks
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- reduce
- shrivel
- shrivel up
- wither
- quail
- cringe
- flinch
- recoil
- wince
- funk
- head-shrinker
- contract
Crossword Answer definitions
ANALYSTS noun- Someone who analyzes.
- A mathematician who studies real analysis.
- A systems analyst.
- A practitioner of psychoanalysis.
- A financial analyst; a business analyst.
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 ANALYSTS
- Shrinks
- Shrinks, so to speak
- Some therapists
- Financial workers
- News ___.
- Laboratory workers.
- Freudians.
- Researchers.
- Bear Stearns employees
- Wall Street workers
More clues leading to the result CRINGES
- Flinches
- Shrinks in fear
- Shrinks back
- Cowers before.
- Shrinks.
- Fawns
- Shows fear
- Exhibits fear, in a way
- Shrinks
- Shrinks in fright
More clues leading to the result RECOILS
- Backs away (from)
- Kickbacks
- Draws back
- Shrinks back
- Winces
- Shrinks back.
- Springs back, as a gun.
- Jumps back
- Shrinks
- Suddenly shrinks
More clues leading to the result RECEDES
More clues leading to the result DWINDLES
More clues leading to the result WINCES
- Reactions to some puns
- Common pun reactions
- Flinches
- Reacts to pain, in a way
- Reacts to a shot, perhaps
- Shows pain, in a way
- Tenses from pain
- Shows discomfort
- Starts
- Reacts to pain