The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word HOPE which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2023.
"The thing with feathers," per Dickinson crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HOPE | 100 % | 4 |
Why may HOPE be the right solution?
The answer is "HOPE" because Emily Dickinson famously described hope as "the thing with feathers" in one of her poems.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: "The thing with feathers," per Dickinson
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- feather
- prick
- flight
- strike
- bowl over
- brake
- descent
- dive
- slide
- pinfeathered
- pinnate
- pinnated
Crossword Answer definitions
HOPE verb- To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might.
- To be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes.
- To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; usually followed by in.
- To wish.
- The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
- The actual thing wished for.
- A person or thing that is a source of hope.
- The virtuous desire for future good.
- A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a comb.
- A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
- A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
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