The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word TERTIARY which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2010.
Third crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TERTIARY | 100 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Third
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- ordinal
- 3rd
- tierce
- one-third
- fractional
- tertiary
- third gear
- third base
- three
- 2nd
- fourth
- fifth
Crossword Answer definitions
TERTIARY noun- Any item considered to be of third order.
- A tertiary colour.
- Something from the Tertiary Period (the former term for the geologic period from 65 million to 2.58 million years ago).
- A tertiary feather; a tertial.
- A member of a Roman Catholic third order; a layperson who participates in activities similar to those engaged in by men and women who take religious vows (respectively the first and second orders), and who may wear some elements of an order's habit such as a scapular.
- Of third rank or order; subsequent.
- Possessing some quality in the third degree; especially having been subjected to the substitution of three atoms or radicals.
- Of quills: growing on the innermost joint of a bird's wing; tertial.
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