The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SIEVE which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2025.
Strainer crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SIEVE | 91 % | 5 |
| COLANDER | 4 % | 8 |
| TAMIS | 1 % | 5 |
| LABORER | 1 % | 7 |
| MESH | 1 % | 4 |
Why may SIEVE be the right solution?
"SIEVE" is the right answer because a sieve is a utensil with a mesh or perforated bottom used for straining liquids or sifting dry ingredients.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Strainer
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- filter
- sieve
- refinery
- screen
- dropper
- colander
- refiner
- sifter
- chinois
- sieves
- cheesecloth
- colanders
Crossword Answer definitions
SIEVE noun- A device with a mesh bottom to separate, in a granular material, larger particles from smaller ones, or to separate solid objects from a liquid.
- A process, physical or abstract, that arrives at a final result by filtering out unwanted pieces of input from a larger starting set of input.
- A kind of coarse basket.
- A person, or their mind, that cannot remember things or is unable to keep secrets.
- A collection of morphisms in a category whose codomain is a certain fixed object of that category, which collection is closed under pre-composition by any morphism in the category.
- To strain, sift or sort using a sieve.
- To concede; let in
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 SIEVE
- Strainer
- It assists during straining times
- It doesn't hold water
- Pasta making requirement
- Pasta strainer
- Epitome of leakage
- Filter in the kitchen
- Symbol of leakiness
- Kitchen strainer
- Straining aid
More clues leading to the result COLANDER
- Strainer
- *Pasta maker's equipment
- Bowl-shaped strainer
- Kitchen sieve
- Holey kitchen aid
- Pasta-prepping aid
- Holey vessel
- Lettuce-washing aid
- Kitchen drain
- Perforated plastic product
More clues leading to the result TAMIS
- Worsted cloth strainer
- Coarse, woolen cloth
- Cloth strainer.
- Woolen strainer.
- Strainer.
- Strainer made of cloth.
- Strainer made of woolen cloth.
- Cloth strainer
- Cloth sieve
- Sieve made of cloth
More clues leading to the result LABORER
- Day worker
- Working stiff
- Drudge
- Wage earner
- Victim of capitalism, according to Marx
- Hard-hat
- Poorly paid worker, often
- Manual worker
- Peon
- Worker