The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ADHERES , but the solution may also be RODS which is one of the most recent solution (2022 in New York Times).
Sticks crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ADHERES | 25 % | 7 |
| RODS | 14 % | 4 |
| CANES | 9 % | 5 |
| GLUES | 9 % | 5 |
| CLINGS | 7 % | 6 |
| COHERES | 5 % | 7 |
| CLEAVES | 4 % | 7 |
| GORES | 3 % | 5 |
| BOONDOCKS | 3 % | 9 |
| STABS | 3 % | 5 |
| PASTES | 3 % | 6 |
| POKES | 3 % | 5 |
| BOONIES | 3 % | 7 |
| MIRES | 3 % | 5 |
| JABS | 1 % | 4 |
| BATONS | 1 % | 6 |
| HINTERL | 1 % | 7 |
| TOWN | 1 % | 4 |
| CEMENTS | 1 % | 7 |
| JAMSUP | 1 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sticks
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- cling
- billy
- deposit
- pin
- wedge
- peg
- adhere
- truncheon
- nightstick
- bind
- sting
- lodge
Crossword Answer definitions
ADHERES verb- To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united.
- To be attached or devoted by personal union, in belief, on principle, etc.
- To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree.
- To affirm a judgment.
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 ADHERES
- Clings
- Conforms
- Sticks
- Clings closely
- Sticks (to)
- Shows devotion
- Sticks fast
- Holds fast
- Stays attached
- Is faithful (to)
More clues leading to the result RODS
- Angler's tools
- Fish sticks?
- Retina cells
- Cones' counterparts
- Fishing sticks?
- Cells useful for seeing at night
- Counterparts of cones
- Curtain holders
- Abacus parts
- Cones' partners
More clues leading to the result CANES
- Bamboo and sugar
- Walking sticks
- Sugar sources
- Sun Life Stadium team, for short
- Candy crooks
- Repairs chairs
- Aids for the hobbled
- Candy ___ (some ornaments)
- Miami team, informally
- Fops' props
More clues leading to the result GLUES
- Uses Elmer's
- They form lasting attachments
- Uses epoxy
- Model-building needs
- Fixes firmly
- Pastes (together)
- Sticks on
- Applies cyanoacrylate
- Does a scrapbooking task
- Sticks down
More clues leading to the result CLINGS
- Holds on tight
- Peaches
- Won't let go
- Holds tight
- Sticks tightly (to)
- Succumbs to static
- Sticks
- Doesn't fall off
- Keeps close
- Sticks.
More clues leading to the result COHERES
- Sticks together
- Sticks
- Makes sense
- Holds fast.
- Sticks together.
- Forms a tight unit.
- Agrees
- Holds together
- Hangs together
More clues leading to the result CLEAVES
- Splits or adheres
- Splits ... or stays together?
- Splits apart
- Sticks
- Adheres ... or separates
- Splits
- Splits.
- Clings.
- Is faithful (with "to").
- Hews apart.
More clues leading to the result GORES
- Dress inserts
- Runs through
- Pierces with a horn
- Al and Tipper
- Pierces
- Second family of the '90s
- Al et al.
- Wounds with a tusk
- Tipper and Al
- Tennessee dynasty
More clues leading to the result BOONDOCKS
- Backwoods
- Sticks
- Nowheresville, with "the"
- "Sticks."
- Rough country: Slang.
- The sticks.
- Where yokels come from
- Actress Derek's book about port facilities?
- *Backwoods locale
- Evidence of longshoremen without antiperspirant?
More clues leading to the result STABS
- Attempts
- Piercing pains
- Pokes at
- Wounds
- Tries
- Uses a fork on
- Makes a wild guess
- Wild guesses
- Wounds with a dagger
- Thrusting blows
More clues leading to the result PASTES
- Sticks on
- Fastens down
- Uses glue
- Belts
- Uses stickum
- Kindergarten stickums
- Puts back elsewhere, as text
- Wallops
- Hits hard
- Kindergarten jars
More clues leading to the result POKES
- Don't buy your pigs in here
- Nudges
- Jabs
- Facebook actions
- Jabs at
- Elbows, maybe
- Elbows
- Punches
- Attends to, as a fire
- Jabs with a finger
More clues leading to the result BOONIES
- One-horse town locale, with "the"
- Remote rural areas, informally
- Outskirts of the outskirts
- Hinterland
- Sticks
- Hinterlands
More clues leading to the result MIRES
- Sticks in the mud·
- Bogs down
- Sticks in the mud
- Bogs
- Gets stuck
- Sinks in the muck
- Mucks up
- Puts in the muck
- Muddy areas
- Sinks in mud
More clues leading to the result JABS
- Pokes
- Ring tactics
- One-two starters
- Boxing punches
- Quick punches
- Teasing pokes
- Poking blows
- Parts of a boxer's repertoire
- Sparring pokes
- Haymaker preceders
More clues leading to the result BATONS
- Conductors' instruments
- Sticks that get twirled
- They're twirled in parades
- Maestros' wands
- Majorettes' twirlers
- They're passed in a race
- Twirling sticks
- Parade spinners
- They're waved in concert halls
- They're waved in pits
More clues leading to the result HINTERL
More clues leading to the result TOWN
- Word with ghost or cow
- Municipality
- Up or down follower
- Burg
- Country cousin?
- Sticks
- Suburban area
- Map dot
- Cartographic dot
- Itty-bitty city
More clues leading to the result CEMENTS
- Joins firmly
- Locks in
- Glues securely
- Firmly unites
- Bonds a filling
- Bonds solidly
- Solidifies
- Joins, as stones in a wall
- Bonds, in a way
- Fixes in place