The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word HEDGEHOGS which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2020.
The balls in the Queen of Hearts' croquet game crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HEDGEHOGS | 100 % | 9 |
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Crossword Answer definitions
HEDGEHOGS noun- A small mammal, of the family Erinaceidae or subfamily Erinaceinae (spiny hedgehog, the latter characterized by their spiny back and often by the habit of rolling up into a ball when attacked.)
- Any of several spiny mammals, such as the porcupine, that are similar to the hedgehog.
- A type of moveable military barricade made from crossed logs or steel bars, laced with barbed wire, used to damage or impede tanks and vehicles; Czech hedgehog.
- A spigot mortar-type of depth charge weapon from World War II that simultaneously fires a number of explosives into the water to create a pattern of underwater explosions intended to attack submerged submarines.
- A type of chocolate cake (or slice), somewhat similar to an American brownie.
- A form of dredging machine.
- Certain flowering plants with parts resembling a member of family Erinaceidae
- The edible fungus Hydnum repandum.
- A kind of electrical transformer with open magnetic circuit, the ends of the iron wire core being turned outward and presenting a bristling appearance.
- A way of serving food at a party, consisting of a half melon or potato etc. with individual cocktail sticks of cheese and pineapple stuck into it.
- To make use of a hedgehog barricade as a defensive maneuver.
- To array with spiky projections like the quills of a hedgehog.
- To curl up into a defensive ball.
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