The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word PARE , but the solution may also be RIND which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Skin crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PARE | 27 % | 4 |
| PELT | 24 % | 4 |
| PEEL | 13 % | 4 |
| DERMA | 9 % | 5 |
| RIND | 7 % | 4 |
| HIDE | 6 % | 4 |
| DERM | 5 % | 4 |
| FLAY | 3 % | 4 |
| DERMIS | 2 % | 6 |
| CUTIS | 2 % | 5 |
| SCRAPE | 1 % | 6 |
| FLESH | 1 % | 5 |
| EPIDERMIS | 1 % | 9 |
Why may RIND be the right solution?
The word "rind" can refer to the outer skin or covering of a fruit or vegetable, such as the rind of an orange or watermelon.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Skin
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- pelt
- pare
- peel
- sputter
- stub
- abrade
- scrape
- rind
- tegument
- shin
- cutis
- clamber
Crossword Answer definitions
PARE verb- To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife
- (often with down or back) to reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off
- To trim the hoof of a horse
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 PARE
- Cut (down), as expenses
- Get the carrots ready
- Cut back
- Trim
- Whittle down
- Fix apples for a pie
- Skin
- Trim down
- Remove the skin of
- Cut the skin from
More clues leading to the result PELT
- Coonskin, e.g.
- Hunter's take
- Furrier's unit
- Hide
- Hurl
- Clobber with snowballs
- Trapper's prize
- Bombard
- Untanned skin
- Pepper, as with hail
More clues leading to the result PEEL
- Avenger Emma
- Fruit cover
- Lime cover
- __-and-stick labels
- Remove the skin
- Come unglued
- Orange jacket
- Rind
- Banana discard
- Cause of a slip, maybe
More clues leading to the result DERMA
- Skin
- Hide
- Skin, in combinations
- Kishke
- Kishke casing
- Skin layer
- Stuffed ___ (kishke)
- Stuffed deli delicacy
- Stuffed delicacy
- Deep layer of skin
More clues leading to the result RIND
- Citrus cover
- Fruit skin
- Melon throwaway
- Orange coat
- Orange peel
- Peel
- Peeling
- Source of zest
- Pickled watermelon part
- Zest source
More clues leading to the result HIDE
- Hair's partner
- _____-and-seek
- Store away
- ___-and-seek
- Animal skin
- Go underground
- Pelt
- Tannery skin
- Participate in a kids' game
- "He's coming!"
More clues leading to the result DERM
- Word for "skin"
- Suffix with pachy-
- "Skin" suffix
- Skin suffix
- Word form for "skin"
- Skin-related suffix
- Skin: comb. form
- Pachy- add-on
- Skin opening?
- Skin: Suff.
More clues leading to the result FLAY
- TV chef Bobby
- Peel off, as skin
- Whip
- Chew out
- Scold severely
- Celebrity chef Bobby
- Celebrity chef Bobby of "Boy Meets Grill"
- Horsewhip
- Give a tongue-lashing to
- Scold scathingly
More clues leading to the result DERMIS
- Skin layer
- Layer of skin
- It's got you covered
- Inner skin layer
- It includes hair follicles
- Collagen container
- Collagen milieu
- The true skin.
- The skin.
- Layer of skin.
More clues leading to the result CUTIS
More clues leading to the result SCRAPE
- Predicament
- Pickle
- Awkward situation
- Eke
- Abrasion
- ___ up (gather with difficulty)
- Embarrassing situation
- Jam or pickle
- Kid's frequent knee injury
- Clear of snow, as a windshield
More clues leading to the result FLESH
- Vegetarian's no-no
- Cheesecake feature
- Insensitive bygone Crayola color
- Skinemax showing
- ___ and blood
- Samuel Butler's "The Way of All ___"
- What ghosts lack
- ___ and blood (kin)
- Neutral color
- "The Way of All ___"