The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SMELT which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2025.
Silvery fish crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SMELT | 74 % | 5 |
| OPAH | 11 % | 4 |
| SMELTS | 8 % | 6 |
| BREAM | 2 % | 5 |
| MOONEYES | 2 % | 8 |
| SHINER | 2 % | 6 |
| OPAHS | 2 % | 5 |
Why may SMELT be the right solution?
"SMELT" is the right solution because it is a type of silvery fish commonly found in freshwater and saltwater.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Silvery fish
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- herring
- anchovy
- sardine
- brown trout
- rainbow trout
- piper
- whiting
- bream
- coaster
- tuna
- brook trout
- cod
Crossword Answer definitions
SMELT noun- Any small anadromous fish of the family Osmeridae, found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and in lakes in North America and northern part of Europe.
- A fool; a simpleton.
- To sense a smell or smells.
- Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.
- (without a modifier) To smell bad; to stink.
- To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savour.
- To exercise sagacity.
- To detect or perceive; often with out.
- To give heed to.
- Production of metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves melting and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal.
- Any of the various liquids or semi-molten solids produced and used during the course of such production.
- To fuse or melt two things into one, especially in order to extract metal from ore; to meld
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 SMELT
- Cold-water catch
- Fuse, as ore
- Silvery fish
- Grunion relative
- Small, slender fish
- Make bronze
- Refine, as ore
- Process, as ore
- Refine ore
- Make aluminum
More clues leading to the result OPAH
- Brightly colored fish
- Vividly-colored fish
- Brightly-colored fish
- Colorful fish
- Moonfish
- Big and bright fish
- Bright fish
- Colorful deepwater fish
- Fish that's also a talk show host with one letter missing
- Haddock cousin
More clues leading to the result SMELTS
- Refines metal
- Refines, as ore
- Prepares ores
- Salmon relatives
- Refines
- Small silvery fishes
- Processes ore
- Does foundry work
- Produces steel
- Processes, as ore
More clues leading to the result BREAM
- Saltwater porgy
- Minnow family member
- Grammy-winning British guitarist Julian
- Red-breasted sunfish
- Kin to a porgy
- Porgy's cousin
- Bluegill
- Silver-scaled fish
- Guitarist Julian
- Freshwater sunfish
More clues leading to the result MOONEYES
More clues leading to the result SHINER
- Pugilist's blemish
- Mouse
- Slugfest souvenir
- Souvenir from a slugger
- Result of a punch in the face, perhaps
- Result of walking into a door, perhaps
- Haymaker's result
- Black eye
- Boxer's bruise
- Eye shadow?