The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word RIB , but the solution may also be POKE FUN which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Tease crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RIB | 27 % | 3 |
| RIDE | 9 % | 4 |
| NEEDLE | 9 % | 6 |
| KID | 8 % | 3 |
| TWIT | 7 % | 4 |
| RAG | 6 % | 3 |
| JOSH | 6 % | 4 |
| TAUNT | 5 % | 5 |
| RAGON | 5 % | 5 |
| RAZZ | 3 % | 4 |
| BAIT | 2 % | 4 |
| NEEDLER | 1 % | 7 |
| FLIRT | 1 % | 5 |
| PESTER | 1 % | 6 |
| TOYWITH | 1 % | 7 |
| MOCK | 1 % | 4 |
| PUTON | 1 % | 5 |
| POKEFUNAT | 1 % | 9 |
| PICKON | 1 % | 6 |
| JOKEWITH | 0 % | 8 |
| TANTALIZE | 0 % | 9 |
| HECTOR | 0 % | 6 |
| RIDICULE | 0 % | 8 |
| GIBE | 0 % | 4 |
| PULLONESLEG | 0 % | 11 |
| JEST | 0 % | 4 |
| CHAFF | 0 % | 5 |
| POKE FUN | 0 % | 8 |
| DROPKID | 0 % | 7 |
| NAG | 0 % | 3 |
| HARASS | 0 % | 6 |
| KIDAROUND | 0 % | 9 |
| LOLITA | 0 % | 6 |
| JIVE | 0 % | 4 |
| DEVIL | 0 % | 5 |
| COQUETTE | 0 % | 8 |
| PICKAT | 0 % | 6 |
| GOOFON | 0 % | 6 |
Why may RIB be the right solution?
"Tease" is a verb that can mean to mock or make fun of someone in a playful way. "Rib" is a noun that can mean a teasing or mocking remark. Therefore, "rib" is a suitable answer for the clue "tease."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Tease
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- flirt
- loosen
- beleaguer
- rag
- harass
- pester
- annoyer
- taunt
- twit
- teaser
- fluff
- rally
Crossword Answer definitions
RIB noun- Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum
- A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something
- A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones
- Any of several curved members attached to a ship's keel and extending upward and outward to form the framework of the hull
- Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength
- A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault
- A raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth
- The main, or any of the prominent veins of a leaf
- A teasing joke
- A single strand of hair.
- A stalk of celery.
- (archaic, literary, humorous) A wife or woman.
- To shape, support, or provide something with a rib or ribs.
- To tease or make fun of someone in a good-natured way.
- To enclose, as if with ribs, and protect; to shut in.
- To leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in ploughing (land).
- Hound's-tongue (Cynoglossum officinale).
- Costmary (Tanacetum balsamita).
- Watercress (Nasturtium officinale).
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 RIB
- Adam's donation
- Prime _____
- Umbrella part
- Barbecue treat
- Make fun of
- Prime __ (wedding fare)
- __-tickling
- Barbecue bit
- Eve's origin
- Mock with good-humor
More clues leading to the result RIDE
- Sally in space
- "Thumb a ___"
- Catch a Greyhound
- The Cyclone, for one
- Thumb a __ (hitchhike)
- Be carried by
- Carnival attraction
- Disneyland attraction
- Emulate Miss Daisy
- Go by car
More clues leading to the result NEEDLE
- Hector
- Knitter's need
- Pine tree leaf
- Provoke
- Pine leaf
- Dash indicator
- Meter "figure"
- Razz
- Obelisk or spire
- Stylus
More clues leading to the result KID
- "Muskrat Ramble" composer Ory
- "The Yellow ___"
- Josh
- Glove leather
- Pull one's leg
- Young goat
- Make fun of
- Joke
- Baby goat
- "Star Wars ___" (viral video)
More clues leading to the result TWIT
More clues leading to the result RAG
- Geronimo, for one
- Joplin composition
- Joplin work
- Scott Joplin's style
- ____ picker (scavenger)
- Scott Joplin piece
- Scott Joplin product
- Tabloid
- Worn-out garment
- Old cloth
More clues leading to the result JOSH
- Kid around
- Logan of Broadway
- Kid
- Poke fun at
- "Inherent Vice" actor Brolin
- Actor Brolin
- Needle
- Tease
- Twit
- Kid good-naturedly
More clues leading to the result TAUNT
- Poke fun at
- Harass from the stands, say
- Ride
- Fresh cut?
- Ride hard
- Bully
- Ridicule
- Say "nyah-nyah" to
- Trash-talk
- Mock
More clues leading to the result RAGON
- Make fun of
- Mock incessantly
- Tease
- Tease relentlessly
- Criticize, slangily
- Taunt
- Nag, nag, nag
- Tease maliciously
More clues leading to the result RAZZ
- Poke fun at
- Give the Bronx cheer to
- Ride
- Give someone the business
- Tease
- Ride hard
- Hector verbally
- Jeer
- Make fun of
- Give a Bronx cheer
More clues leading to the result BAIT
- Minnows, perhaps
- Worms, often
- Worms, perhaps
- Fisherman's need
- Switch's partner
- Worms and such
- Troll
- Lead astray
- Night crawlers
- Goad
More clues leading to the result NEEDLER
- Tease
- Provoker
- Heckler
- One doing a lot of riding
- Noodge
- Heckler.
- One who heckles.
- Expert teaser
- Teasing type
- Taunting type
More clues leading to the result FLIRT
- Play footsie, perhaps
- Act the coquet
- Play the coquette
- Wink, perhaps
- Toy romantically
- Coquette
- Socialize like Scarlett
- Tease playfully
- Act the coquette
- Bat eyelashes, for example
More clues leading to the result PESTER
More clues leading to the result TOYWITH
More clues leading to the result MOCK
More clues leading to the result PUTON
More clues leading to the result POKEFUNAT
More clues leading to the result PICKON
More clues leading to the result JOKEWITH
More clues leading to the result TANTALIZE
More clues leading to the result HECTOR
- Composer Berlioz
- Bully
- Browbeat
- Warrior for Troy
- His funeral concludes the "Iliad"
- Prince who defended Troy
- Composer Berlioz or actor Elizondo
- Elizondo of "Chicago Hope"
- Trojan War hero killed by Achilles
- Victim of Achilles
More clues leading to the result RIDICULE
More clues leading to the result GIBE
More clues leading to the result PULLONESLEG
More clues leading to the result JEST
- Prank
- Entertain the court?
- Speak playfully
- Amusing act
- Be less than serious
- "Surely, you __!"
- Humorous remark
- Merry prank or joke
- Merry prank
- Witticism
More clues leading to the result CHAFF
- Refuse
- Banter
- Threshing debris
- Wheat waste
- Tease good-naturedly
- Grain refuse
- It's separated from wheat
- Threshing refuse
- Grain husk
- Threshing leftovers
More clues leading to the result POKE FUN
More clues leading to the result DROPKID
More clues leading to the result NAG
- Harp
- Worthless horse
- Fuss at
- Get on someone's case
- Harry
- Henpeck
- Old horse or ex-wife
- Pester
- Remind and remind and remind
- Annoy
More clues leading to the result HARASS
- Bug
- Torment
- Dog
- Drive up a wall
- Be a constant pest
- Go beyond pestering
- Persecute
- Annoy persistently
- Hector
- Nag
More clues leading to the result KIDAROUND
More clues leading to the result LOLITA
- Young temptress
- Dolly of literature
- Dolores Haze's story
- Humbert's adored
- Humbert's obsession
- Nabokov novel
- Nabokov temptress
- Sue Lyon role of 1962
- Nabokov character
- Humbert Humbert's obsession
More clues leading to the result JIVE
- Tease, slangily
- Glib speech
- Jazz lingo
- Hipster's lingo
- Music form
- "Dancing With the Stars" dance
- Dog's tongue?
- Jazz jargon
- Jazzy jargon
- Hipster-ese
More clues leading to the result DEVIL
- Master of Hades
- Satan
- The Phantom's "best friend"
- Mischievous one
- New Jersey skater
- Important figure in metal
- Mr. Applegate in Damn Yankees
- "Have you ever danced with the ___ in the pale moonlight?"
- Fire man?
- Horny guy?
More clues leading to the result COQUETTE
More clues leading to the result PICKAT
- Eat sparingly
- Tease
- Eat halfheartedly
- Eat minimally
- Find fault with persistently
- Criticize repeatedly
- Complain about
- Find fault with: Colloq.
- Eat without enthusiasm
- Not eat eagerly