The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SALT , but the solution may also be OLDSALT which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in LA Times).
Tar crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SALT | 22 % | 4 |
| GOB | 18 % | 3 |
| SWAB | 15 % | 4 |
| SEAMAN | 11 % | 6 |
| SAILOR | 11 % | 6 |
| SEADOG | 6 % | 6 |
| OLDSALT | 4 % | 7 |
| MARINER | 3 % | 7 |
| PAVE | 2 % | 4 |
| GROWWEARY | 1 % | 9 |
| SPAREINTHETRUNK | 1 % | 15 |
| OLDSAILOR | 1 % | 9 |
| LARRUP | 1 % | 6 |
| SEAFARER | 1 % | 8 |
| MATEY | 1 % | 5 |
| BLUEJACKET | 1 % | 10 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Tar
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- asphalt
- jack-tar
- gob
- seafarer
- mariner
- pitch
- seaman
- old salt
- sea dog
- bitumen
- petroleum
- bituminous
Crossword Answer definitions
SALT noun- A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative.
- One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.
- A salt marsh, a saline marsh at the shore of a sea.
- A sailor (also old salt).
- Randomly chosen bytes added to a plaintext message prior to encrypting or hashing it, in order to render brute-force decryption more difficult.
- A person who seeks employment at a company in order to (once employed by it) help unionize it.
- Flavour; taste; seasoning.
- Piquancy; wit; sense.
- A dish for salt at table; a salt cellar.
- Skepticism and common sense.
- Indignation; outrage; arguing.
- To add salt to.
- To deposit salt as a saline solution.
- To fill with salt between the timbers and planks, as a ship, for the preservation of the timber.
- To insert or inject something into an object to give it properties it would not naturally have.
- To include colorful language in.
- To add filler bytes before encrypting, in order to make brute-force decryption more resource-intensive.
- Salty; salted.
- Saline.
- Related to salt deposits, excavation, processing or use.
- Bitter; sharp; pungent.
- Salacious; lecherous; lustful; (of animals) in heat.
- Costly; expensive.
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 SALT
- NaCI
- NaCl
- Seadog
- Skeptic's grain
- 1972 pact
- Popcorn add-on
- Pretzel topper
- Season
- Soluble compound
- It melts the ice
More clues leading to the result GOB
- Tar
- One who takes liberties
- Seaman
- Sea salt
- "Arrested Development" brother
- Jack-tar
- Sailor
- Sloppy lump
- Big wet hunk
- Squishy mass
More clues leading to the result SWAB
- Cotton ball
- He may be on deck
- Mop, as the deck
- Clean the deck
- Sea dog
- Wipe up
- Tar
- Q-tip
- Mariner's mop
- Clean with a mop
More clues leading to the result SEAMAN
- Nellie Bly
- Tar
- On the water
- "Master and Commander" extra
- "Able" military figure
- Navy recruit
- Hand on deck
- Landlubber's opposite
- Mariner
- Queeg or Queequeg
More clues leading to the result SAILOR
- Shore-leave taker
- Tar
- "Heave ho" giver, perhaps
- Crew member
- Hand on deck
- Popeye, for one
- Junk man?
- Salt
- Popeye or Bluto
- ___ Moon (anime series)
More clues leading to the result SEADOG
- Popeye, for one
- Seasoned salt?
- Old salt
- Veteran sailor
- Experienced sailor
- Salt
- Grizzled gob
- Seasoned sailor
- "Pequod" crewman
- Skilled sailor
More clues leading to the result OLDSALT
- Veteran seafarer
- Ancient mariner
- Sea dog
- Seadog
- Veteran sailor
- Ahab or Quint
- Veteran seaman
- Savvy sailor
- Seasoned seaman
- Seasoned seafarer
More clues leading to the result MARINER
- Sailor
- NASA program that was the first to photograph another planet
- Seaman
- See 33 Across
- First mission to make a successful planetary flyby
- Ancient sailor, in a rime
- Seafarer
- Seattle centerfielder, e.g.
- Safeco Field ballplayer
- Ancient Coleridge character
More clues leading to the result PAVE
- Put down macadam
- Put down tar
- Redo the runway
- Finish the road
- Lay down asphalt
- Lay macadam
- Macadamize
- Redo the road
- Setting of precious stones
- Make a lot?
More clues leading to the result GROWWEARY
More clues leading to the result SPAREINTHETRUNK
More clues leading to the result OLDSAILOR
More clues leading to the result LARRUP
More clues leading to the result SEAFARER
- Mariner
- Columbus, e.g.
- Old salt
- Early explorer, of necessity
- Sinbad, for one
- Jason, for one
- Sailor
- McGinty, for instance.
- Sailor.
- Conrad, as a young man.
More clues leading to the result MATEY
- British buddy
- Jim, to Long John
- "Ahoy ___!"
- Brit form of chum
- Pal on a ship
- Comradely, in London
- Pirate's pal
- Captain's subordinate, slangily
- Brit's buddy
- Buccaneer's buddy