The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word GORILLA , but the solution may also be APE which is one of the most recent solution (2019 in New York Times).
Silverback, eg crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| GORILLA | 71 % | 7 |
| APE | 14 % | 3 |
| GORILLAS | 14 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Silverback, eg
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- gorilla
- abused
- 95th
- acculturated
- acromegalic
- adolescent
- adult
- affected
- albatross
- animal
- ant
- antelope
Crossword Answer definitions
GORILLA noun- The largest of the apes, native to the forests of central Africa, and known for their trait of knuckle-walking.
- A big and brutish man or a thug; a goon or ruffian.
- A powerful person or organization; a heavyweight or behemoth.
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 GORILLA
- Big ape
- Bruiser
- King Kong, e.g.
- Endangered anthropoid
- Silverback, e.g.
- Goon
- Thug
- Greatest of the great apes
- Heavy-handed hooligan
- Donkey Kong, for one
More clues leading to the result APE
- "Going __!" (Danza bomb)
- Act like
- Brutish one
- Copy
- Lummox
- Make like
- O'Neill's "The Hairy __"
- O'Neill's hairy title character
- Rue Morgue culprit
- Aldous Huxley's "__ and Essence"