The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word RIFLE , but the solution may also be COMB which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Sift through crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RIFLE | 40 % | 5 |
| CULL | 40 % | 4 |
| COMB | 10 % | 4 |
| SCREEN | 10 % | 6 |
Why may COMB be the right solution?
The word "comb" can be used as a verb which means to search through something carefully and systematically. Therefore, "sift (through)" is a suitable clue for the answer "comb".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sift through
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- sift
- sift out
- pick through
- filter
- sieve
- infilter
- comb through
- filter out
- riddle
- winnow
- sweep
- search
Crossword Answer definitions
RIFLE noun- A shouldered firearm with a long, rifled barrel to improve range and accuracy.
- (usually plural) A rifleman.
- An artillery piece with a rifled barrel.
- A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes.
- To quickly search through many items (such as papers, the contents of a drawer, a pile of clothing). (See also rifflehttp//verbmall.blogspot.com/2008/05/riffle-or-rifle.html)
- To commit robbery or theft.
- To search with intent to steal; to ransack, pillage or plunder.
- To strip of goods; to rob; to pillage.
- To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.
- To add a spiral groove to a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight in order to improve range and accuracy.
- To cause (a projectile, as a rifle bullet) to travel in a flat ballistic trajectory.
- To move in a flat ballistic trajectory (as a rifle bullet).
- To dispose of in a raffle.
- To engage in a raffle.
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 RIFLE
- Rummage through
- Long gun
- Search with intent to steal
- Sift through
- Bolt-action firearm
- Ransack and rob
- Plunder
- Ransack
- Biathlete's prop
- Drill item
More clues leading to the result CULL
- Sift through
- Sort
- Gather
- Gather selectively
- Select
- Pluck pickily
- Filter
- Cherry-pick
- Separate, as the wheat from the chaff
- Winnow
More clues leading to the result COMB
- Rooster's pride
- Search thoroughly
- Fowl's topknot
- Vanity item
- Rooster topper
- Device with teeth
- Hair ornament
- Afro pick, e.g.
- Barbershop item
- Scour