The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word OAR , but the solution may also be RANGE which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in Wall Street Journal).
Sweep crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
OAR | 72 % | 3 |
EXPANSE | 8 % | 7 |
SCOPE | 6 % | 5 |
RANGE | 4 % | 5 |
BROOM | 4 % | 5 |
CLEAN | 2 % | 5 |
AREA | 2 % | 4 |
GAMUT | 2 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sweep
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- sweep up
- swing
- tangle
- embroil
- slam
- broom
- brush
- chimneysweep
- chimneysweeper
- traverse
- drag in
- expanse
Crossword Answer definitions
OAR noun- A type of lever used to propel a boat, having a flat blade at one end and a handle at the other, and pivoted in a rowlock atop the gunwale, whereby a rower seated in the boat and pulling the handle can pass the blade through the water by repeated strokes against the water's resistance, thus moving the boat .
- An oarsman; a rower.
- An oar-like swimming organ of various invertebrates.
- To row; to travel with, or as if with, oars.
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 OAR
- Blade
- Crew implement
- Rowboat need
- Rowing device
- Rowing need
- Scull
- Sculler's tool
- Crew tool
- It makes a gig go
- Paddle
More clues leading to the result EXPANSE
- Big stretch
- Big spread
- National forest, e.g.
- Wide-open space
- Spread
- Sweep
- Wide area
- Wide open space
- Broad area
- Stretch
More clues leading to the result SCOPE
- Range
- Big name in mouthwash
- Extent of operation
- Rifle attachment
- Oral-B alternative
- Extent
- Listerine alternative
- Aiming aid
- Range or extent
- Range of view
More clues leading to the result RANGE
- Stop on a cook's tour?
- Where the deer and the antelope play
- Scope
- Coiled appliance
- Kitchen cooker
- Stove
- Pistol-firing site
- Kitchen fixture
- Where antelope play
- Where cowpokes roam
More clues leading to the result BROOM
- Sweeper
- October 31 transport
- Crone's mount
- Curling equipment
- Witch craft?
- Halloween ride?
- Janitorial need
- Quidditch player's need
- Potter's "wheels"?
- Witch's mount
More clues leading to the result CLEAN
- Without a record
- Jerk's partner
- Pollution free
- Spotless
- Unsullied
- Surname of the Magic Eraser mascot
- Not guilty
- Off drugs
- Straight out of rehab
- Launder
More clues leading to the result AREA
- Atlas datum
- Bailiwick
- Carpet seller's calculation
- Code kind
- District
- Field
- L x W
- LAN part
- Locale
- Lot measurement