The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word PULLEY , but the solution may also be SCREW which is one of the most recent solution (2008 in CrossSynergy).
Simple machine crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PULLEY | 56 % | 6 |
| LEVER | 33 % | 5 |
| SCREW | 11 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Simple machine
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- machine
- compound machine
- simple engine
- tool
- wheel and axle
- mechanical
- mechanical advantage
- engine
- mechanism
- inclined plane
- machinery
- machine tool
Crossword Answer definitions
PULLEY noun- One of the simple machines; a sheave, a wheel with a grooved rim, in which a pulled rope or chain lifts an object (more useful when two or more pulleys are used together, as in a block and tackle arrangement, such that a small force moving through a greater distance can exert a larger force through a smaller distance).
- To raise or lift by means of a pulley.
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 PULLEY
- Simple machine
- One of the simple machines
- Kind of simple machine
- Block and tackle part
- Weight machine feature
- Hoisting machine
- Block and tackle.
- Weight-lifting apparatus.
- Small wheel.
- Lifting device
More clues leading to the result LEVER
- It rests on a fulcrum
- Archimedean tool
- __ Brothers (Detergent makers)
- Simplest of machines
- Simple machine
- Bottle opener, e.g.
- Crowbar at work
- Archimedean world mover
- Pry bar
- Jimmy