The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word PEELS , but the solution may also be REMOVES which is one of the most recent solution (2019 in New York Times).
Strips crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PEELS | 39 % | 5 |
| DENUDES | 12 % | 7 |
| DIVESTS | 10 % | 7 |
| UNDRESSES | 7 % | 9 |
| BARES | 7 % | 5 |
| PEELSOFF | 5 % | 8 |
| UNROBES | 5 % | 7 |
| REMOVES | 2 % | 7 |
| UNBARES | 2 % | 7 |
| BANDS | 2 % | 5 |
| UNCLOTHES | 2 % | 9 |
| SHREDS | 2 % | 6 |
| LATHS | 2 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Strips
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- opencast
- slip
- leach
- rifle
- loot
- airstrip
- landing strip
- surface
- uncase
- foray
- denudate
- strip down
Crossword Answer definitions
PEELS noun- A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin.
- (usually uncountable) The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- The action of peeling away from a formation.
- A cosmetic preparation designed to remove dead skin or to exfoliate.
- To remove the skin or outer covering of.
- To remove something from the outer or top layer of.
- To become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way.
- To remove one's clothing.
- To move, separate (off or away).
- A stake.
- A fence made of stakes; a stockade.
- A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep.
- A shovel or similar instrument, now especially a pole with a flat disc at the end used for removing pizza or loaves of bread from a baker's oven.
- A T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry.
- The blade of an oar.
- An equal or match; a draw.
- A takeout which removes a stone from play as well as the delivered stone.
- To play a peel shot.
- To send through a hoop (of a ball other than one's own).
- To plunder; to pillage, rob.
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 PEELS
- Compost heap components
- Removes the rind
- Takes it all off
- Pizzeria shovels
- Banana coats
- Causes of some bad trips, in cartoons
- Spa treatments
- Suffers from sunburn
- Has sunburn woes
- Some cocktail garnishes
More clues leading to the result DENUDES
- Strips down
- Makes naked
- Removes all protection
- Strips of leaves
- Removes bark from trees
- Lays bare
- Strips.
- Strips bare.
- Bares.
- Divests of rights.
More clues leading to the result DIVESTS
- Gets rid of
- Sells off
- Strips
- Strips (of)
- Strips, in a way
- Dispossesses
- Strips (of), as property
- Deprives of anything.
- Unfrocks.
- Deprives (of rank, rights, etc.)
More clues leading to the result UNDRESSES
More clues leading to the result BARES
- Uncovers
- Exposes
- Makes public
- Shows
- "Broadway ___" (burlesque fundraiser)
- Reveals
- ___ all (opens up)
- No longer covers
- Publicizes
- Discloses
More clues leading to the result PEELSOFF
More clues leading to the result UNROBES
More clues leading to the result REMOVES
- Sheds
- Eradicates
- Displaces.
- Eliminates.
- Dismisses, as from office.
- Gets rid of.
- Takes away.
- Carries away.
- Eradicates.
- Intervals; degrees
More clues leading to the result UNBARES
More clues leading to the result BANDS
- Hoops
- Boston and Chicago, for two
- Coachella lineup
- Europe and Asia, for two
- Sashes
- Canada's "Barenaked Ladies" and "The Tragically Hip", e.g.
- Battle of the ___
- Rings
- Styx and Stones?
- Musical groups
More clues leading to the result UNCLOTHES
More clues leading to the result SHREDS
- Tatters
- Kills it on a guitar
- Creates confetti
- Renders unreadable
- Destroys documents
- Reduces to confetti
- Destroys, as documents
- Reduces to ribbons
- Tears it up
- Cuts up in the office