The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word MAROON which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Strand crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MAROON | 40 % | 6 |
| SHORE | 12 % | 5 |
| BEACH | 8 % | 5 |
| DESERT | 7 % | 6 |
| ENISLE | 7 % | 6 |
| TRESS | 7 % | 5 |
| ABANDON | 3 % | 7 |
| SEASHORE | 3 % | 8 |
| ISOLATE | 3 % | 7 |
| STRINGOFBEADS | 2 % | 13 |
| LEAVEHIGHANDDRY | 2 % | 15 |
| SEASIDE | 2 % | 7 |
| LEAVE | 2 % | 5 |
| WISP | 2 % | 4 |
| COAST | 2 % | 5 |
Why may MAROON be the right solution?
"Strand" can mean to leave someone isolated or abandoned, which is what happens when someone is marooned on a deserted island. "Maroon" is a synonym for being stranded or abandoned in a desolate place.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Strand
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- chain
- string
- filament
- fibril
- maroon
- beach
- shore
- coast
- stream
- plank
- wick
- fuse
Crossword Answer definitions
MAROON noun- An escaped negro slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of escaped slaves.
- A castaway; a person who has been marooned.
- To abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a desert island.
- Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples.
- A rich dark red, somewhat brownish, color.
- Of a maroon color
- A rocket-propelled firework or skyrocket, often one used as a signal (e.g. to summon the crew of a lifeboat or warn of an air raid).
- An idiot; a fool.
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 MAROON
- Leave high and dry
- Strand
- Color similar to cranberry
- Reddish-brown hue
- Shade of brown
- Strand on the sea
- Boston College hue
- Fordham University color
- Leave on an island
- Leave in the lurch
More clues leading to the result SHORE
- TV's Dinah
- Coast
- Coastal area
- Water's edge
- Shell site
- The Jersey ___
- Lake edge
- Ocean liner?
- Place to build castles
- Vacation destination
More clues leading to the result BEACH
- Summer destination
- Long or Manhattan
- Something combed?
- Volleyball venue
- Vancouver Island's Long ___
- Run ashore
- Spring-break destination
- Combing site
- DiCaprio flick of 2000, with "The"
- Frequent backdrop for Frankie and Annette
More clues leading to the result DESERT
- Abandon
- Leave in the lurch
- Painted, for one
- Defect
- Dry zone
- Dry land
- "The English Patient" setting
- Food ___ (place where affordable food is hard to come by)
- Nevada, mainly
- Run out on
More clues leading to the result ENISLE
- Set apart
- Strand
- Strand after a shipwreck
- Cut off from the mainland
- Maroon
- Crusoefy?
- Leave as a castaway
- Isolate
- Leave stranded, maybe
- Strand like Crusoe
More clues leading to the result TRESS
- Lock of hair
- Ringlet
- Head lock?
- Long lock
- Hair piece
- Rapunzel feature
- Braid of hair
- Item saved in a locket, perhaps
- Lock
- Lock on top?
More clues leading to the result ABANDON
- Leave in the lurch
- Dump
- Freedom
- Strand
- Run out on
- Ditch
- Leave high and dry
- Recklessness
- Lack of inhibition
- Desert
More clues leading to the result SEASHORE
- Clambake venue
- Coast
- What Alberta and Saskatchewan lack, geographically
- One place to spot whitecaps
- Crashing waves site
- Summer vacation destination
- Summer destination
- Place to surf
- Beach location
- Beach
More clues leading to the result ISOLATE
- Quarantine
- Sequester
- Set apart
- Close off
- Cut off
- Set aside
- Fence off, say
- Put into solitary
- Keep apart
- Leave alone
More clues leading to the result STRINGOFBEADS
More clues leading to the result LEAVEHIGHANDDRY
More clues leading to the result SEASIDE
- Vacation spot
- Shore enough
- On the shore
- Littorial
- Boardwalk locale
- Place for a boardwalk
- Bathhouse site
- Coast
- Coastal region
- Near the beach, as a house
More clues leading to the result LEAVE
- French __ (abrupt departure)
- Take a powder
- Permission
- Shove off
- "Scramola!"
- Maternity ___
- Skedaddle
- Use the eggsit
- Army vacation
- Split
More clues leading to the result WISP
- Fleeting trace
- SmaIl bunch of straw
- Bit of a smoke screen?
- Bit of smoke
- Thin tuft
- Will-o'-the-___
- Bit of hair
- Small handful, as of straw
- Smoke trace
- Streaky emanation