The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word HONES which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2000.
Strops crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
HONES | 63 % | 5 |
SHARPENS | 13 % | 8 |
EDGES | 13 % | 5 |
RAZORHONERS | 13 % | 11 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Strops
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- edges
- hones
- razor
- sharpens
- tutting
- tantrums
- scouse
- bonking
- stroppy
- winker
- twat
- spume
Crossword Answer definitions
HONES noun- A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool.
- A machine tool used in the manufacture of precision bores.
- To sharpen with a hone; to whet.
- To use a hone to produce a precision bore.
- To refine or master (a skill).
- To make more acute, intense, or effective.
- A kind of swelling in the cheek.
- To grumble.
- To pine, lament, or long.
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 HONES
- Sharpens
- Whets
- Puts an edge on
- Perfects
- Strops
- Gets sharp
- Improves, as an edge
- Sharpeners
- Seeks an edge
- Works on the edge
More clues leading to the result SHARPENS
More clues leading to the result EDGES
- Dagger's pair
- Margins of superiority
- Trims
- Competitive advantages
- Noses (out)
- Rims
- An octahedron has twelve
- Easy bits of a jigsaw puzzle
- Papercut cutters
- Some jigsaw pieces