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 | 
| BARES | 7 % | 5 | 
| UNDRESSES | 7 % | 9 | 
| UNROBES | 5 % | 7 | 
| PEELSOFF | 5 % | 8 | 
| UNCLOTHES | 2 % | 9 | 
| SHREDS | 2 % | 6 | 
| LATHS | 2 % | 5 | 
| REMOVES | 2 % | 7 | 
| UNBARES | 2 % | 7 | 
| BANDS | 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 BARES
- Uncovers
- Exposes
- Makes public
- Shows
- "Broadway ___" (burlesque fundraiser)
- Reveals
- ___ all (opens up)
- No longer covers
- Publicizes
- Discloses
More clues leading to the result UNDRESSES
More clues leading to the result UNROBES
More clues leading to the result PEELSOFF
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
More clues leading to the result LATHS
- Lattice strips
- Strips of wood
- Thin strips of wood
- Plasterwork backing
- Thin wood strips
- Slate backers
- Wood strips
- Strips nailed to studs
- Latticework strips
- Roofing supports
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