The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BASTE , but the solution may also be VEER which is one of the most recent solution (2011 in New York Times).
Tack crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BASTE | 18 % | 5 |
| SEW | 18 % | 3 |
| NAIL | 12 % | 4 |
| TEMPORARYSTITCH | 6 % | 15 |
| HARNESSGEAR | 6 % | 11 |
| CARPETFASTENER | 6 % | 14 |
| BRAD | 6 % | 4 |
| STABLEEQUIPMENT | 6 % | 15 |
| VEER | 6 % | 4 |
| STICKINESS | 6 % | 10 |
| SAILORSHEADING | 6 % | 14 |
| PIN | 6 % | 3 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Tack
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- sheet
- saddlery
- shroud
- mainsheet
- stable gear
- wear ship
- weather sheet
- razor
- track
- vestige
- shave
- path
Crossword Answer definitions
BASTE verb- To sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in preparation for gathering the fabric.
- A basting; a sprinkling of drippings etc. in cooking.
- To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.
- (by extension) To coat over something.
- To mark (sheep, etc.) with tar.
- To beat with a stick; to cudgel.
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 BASTE
- Butter the Butterball
- Sew loosely
- Moisten the roast
- Pound placed in your ear (5)
- Prepare a roast
- Sew loosely (5)
- Work on the turkey
- Put in stitches
- Sew for the nonce
- Put loose stitches in
More clues leading to the result SEW
- Do needlework
- Do some zigzags, perhaps
- Fasten with cotton
- Do like Betsy Ross
- Do some couching
- Put in stitches
- Stitch
- Use a Singer
- Baste
- Be in stitches?
More clues leading to the result NAIL
- Catch
- Filed item
- Hammer's target
- Apprehend
- It's out on a limb
- Item often filed
- Painting holder
- Press-on item
- "For want of a ___, the shoe ...."
- Brad
More clues leading to the result TEMPORARYSTITCH
More clues leading to the result HARNESSGEAR
More clues leading to the result CARPETFASTENER
More clues leading to the result BRAD
- Heartthrob Pitt
- Small-headed nail
- "Legends of the Fall" actor Pitt
- Hollywood heartthrob Pitt
- Pitt in "Seven"
- Pitt of "Kalifornia"
- Pitt of "Ocean's Twelve"
- Small nail
- Nail
- "Ratatouille" director Bird
More clues leading to the result STABLEEQUIPMENT
More clues leading to the result VEER
- Turn sharply
- Change course
- Swerve off course
- Stray
- Turn off-course
- Make a sharp turn
- Move out of the way
- Move to avoid a pothole, say
- Sudden change
- Dogleg