The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word LATERAL which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2020.
Sideways crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LATERAL | 46 % | 7 |
| ASKANT | 12 % | 6 |
| ASKEW | 12 % | 5 |
| AWRY | 8 % | 4 |
| ASKANCE | 8 % | 7 |
| EDGEWISE | 4 % | 8 |
| CRABWISE | 4 % | 8 |
| LATERALLY | 4 % | 9 |
| LTERLLY | 4 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sideways
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- sidelong
- sidewise
- obliquely
- oblique
- indirect
- crabwise
- askew
- awry
- backwards
- aside
- away
- profile
Crossword Answer definitions
LATERAL noun- An object, such as a passage or a protrusion, that is situated on the side of something else.
- A sound produced through lateral pronunciation (such as /l/ in lateral).
- A lateral pass.
- An employee hired for a position at the same organizational level or salary as their previous position.
- To move (oneself or something) in a lateral direction.
- To execute a lateral pass.
- To the side; of or pertaining to the side.
- Non-linear or unconventional, as in, lateral thinking.
- Pertaining to the left or right of the body; further from the midline.
- At right angles to a line of motion or strain.
- Pertaining to sounds generated by partially blocking the egress of the airstream with the tip of the tongue touching the alveolar ridge, leaving space on one or both sides of the occlusion for air passage.
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 LATERAL
- Certain pass
- Football throw
- Throw to the side
- Word with movement and thinking
- Sideways pass
- Pigskin pitchout
- Toward the side
- Kind of pass in football
- Sideways
- Gridiron pitchout
More clues leading to the result ASKANT
- Obliquely
- With suspicion
- With disapproval
- Like a sideways glance
- Dubiously
- Sideways.
- With a side glance.
- With a jaundiced eye.
- With suspicion.
- Obliquely.
More clues leading to the result ASKEW
- Off-center
- Distorted
- Not straight
- Not symmetrical
- Lopsided
- Off plumb
- Tilted
- Out of line
- Out of kilter
- Off balance
More clues leading to the result AWRY
- Askew
- Haywire
- Out of kilter
- Twisted
- Crooked
- Off a bit
- Wrong
- Not according to plan, in a bad way
- Out of whack
- Off
More clues leading to the result ASKANCE
- Skeptical way to look
- With suspicion
- Distrustfully
- Look ___ (view with suspicion)
- Skeptically
- Suspicious way to look
- With disapproval
- Indirect way to look
- Obliquely
- Leerily
More clues leading to the result EDGEWISE
- Laterally
- "I can't get a word in ___"
- Not straight on
- Word often following "word in"
- Way to get a word in
- With the rim forward.
- One way to "get a word in."
- In a certain position.
- One way to get a word in
- Barely