The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SHADOW , but the solution may also be RUMP which is one of the most recent solution (2019 in Wall Street Journal).
Tail crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SHADOW | 44 % | 6 |
| END | 16 % | 3 |
| REAR | 6 % | 4 |
| TRACK | 6 % | 5 |
| DOG | 6 % | 3 |
| STAYBEHIND | 3 % | 10 |
| SHADOWER | 3 % | 8 |
| STALK | 3 % | 5 |
| RUMP | 3 % | 4 |
| CHASE | 3 % | 5 |
| CAUDA | 3 % | 5 |
| ASS | 3 % | 3 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Tail
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- posterior
- rump
- tush
- buns
- bum
- keister
- butt
- arse
- track
- poop
- dock
- backside
Crossword Answer definitions
SHADOW noun- A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
- Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom, obscurity.
- A area protected by an obstacle (likened to an object blocking out sunlight).
- A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water.
- That which looms as though a shadow.
- A small degree; a shade.
- An imperfect and faint representation.
- (police) A trainee, assigned to work with an experienced officer.
- One who secretly or furtively follows another.
- An inseparable companion.
- A drop shadow effect applied to lettering in word processors etc.
- An influence, especially a pervasive or a negative one.
- A spirit; a ghost; a shade.
- (Latinism) An uninvited guest accompanying one who was invited.
- In Jungian psychology, an unconscious aspect of the personality.
- To shade, cloud or darken.
- To block light or radio transmission from.
- To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.
- To represent faintly and imperfectly.
- To hide; to conceal.
- To accompany (a professional) during the working day, so as to learn about an occupation one intends to take up.
- To make (an identifier, usually a variable) inaccessible by declaring another of the same name within the scope of the first.
- To apply the shadowing process to (the contents of ROM).
- Unofficial, informal, unauthorized, but acting as though it were.
- Having power or influence, but not widely known or recognized.
- Acting in a leadership role before being formally recognized.
- Part of, or related to, the opposition in government.
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 SHADOW
- Old time radio fare: "The ____"
- Secretly follow
- Dark patch
- Five o'clock feature?
- Phantom
- Silhouette
- "Me and My ___"
- Peter Pan's loss
- Tail
- What Peter Pan lost
More clues leading to the result END
- Break off
- Curling division
- Deep or dead follower
- Finale
- Finis
- Finish
- He may be offensive
- Last gasp
- Sign off
- Wind up
More clues leading to the result REAR
- Bring up
- Hitchcock's "____ Window"
- Hitchcock's window
- Kind of guard or end
- Last one brings it up
- Rise high in the air
- Backseat
- Duff
- Hindquarters
- Stern
More clues leading to the result TRACK
- Follow
- Overdubbing unit
- Goodwill Games venue
- Act the bloodhound
- Field's partner
- Follow a lead
- Stalk
- School sport
- Keep tabs on
- Rut
More clues leading to the result DOG
- Pug or boxer
- Fido, e.g.
- Go after
- Jack Russell, for one
- Odie
- Drug-sniffer, perhaps
- Frequent "Too Cute!" animal
- Pooch
- Follow closely
- Boxer, for one
More clues leading to the result STAYBEHIND
More clues leading to the result SHADOWER
More clues leading to the result STALK
- Asparagus spear
- Celery portion
- Plant support
- Plant stem
- Ear's support
- Pursue quarry
- Pursue furtively
- Peduncle
- Pursue, as quarry
- Piece of rhubarb
More clues leading to the result RUMP
- Roast type
- Fanny
- Whoopee-cushion lander
- Roast variety
- Kind of roast
- ___ roast
- Beef cut
- Keister
- Behind
- Hindquarters
More clues leading to the result CHASE
- Run after
- Chevy of comedy
- Pursue
- Salmon in Lincoln's cabinet
- Lincoln treasury secretary
- Many a scene in the Bourne trilogy
- Early SNL comic
- Action sequence
- Early SNL star
- Cat-and-mouse action