The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word STARCHES which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2011.
Stiffens, in a way crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STARCHES | 100 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Stiffens, in a way
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Crossword Answer definitions
STARCHES noun- A widely diffused vegetable substance found especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) as a white, glistening, granular or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and giving a very peculiar creaking sound when rubbed between the fingers. It is used as a food, in the production of commercial grape sugar, for stiffening linen in laundries, in making paste, etc.
- (nutrition) Carbohydrates, as with grain and potato based foods.
- A stiff, formal manner; formality.
- Any of various starch-like substances used as a laundry stiffener
- To apply or treat with laundry starch, to create a hard, smooth surface.
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