The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word LIT , but the solution may also be HIGHASAKITE which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Three sheets to the wind crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LIT | 50 % | 3 |
| STINKO | 10 % | 6 |
| DRUNK | 8 % | 5 |
| BLOTTO | 6 % | 6 |
| OILED | 4 % | 5 |
| STONED | 4 % | 6 |
| STEWED | 2 % | 6 |
| SAUCED | 2 % | 6 |
| HIGHASAKITE | 2 % | 11 |
| LIQUOREDUP | 2 % | 10 |
| SMASHED | 2 % | 7 |
| FEELINGNOPAIN | 2 % | 13 |
| SOZZLED | 2 % | 7 |
| SNOCKERED | 2 % | 9 |
Why may HIGHASAKITE be the right solution?
"Three sheets to the wind" is a nautical term that means someone is drunk. "High as a kite" is a phrase that means someone is also drunk or under the influence of drugs. Therefore, "HIGHASAKITE" is a play on words that fits the clue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Three sheets to the wind
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- tore up
- off one's face
- lit up
- in the wind
- high and dry
- beat
- all over but the shouting
- bored out of one's tree
- round the twist
- packed to the rafters
- caught with one's pants down
- belly up
Crossword Answer definitions
LIT verb- To start (a fire).
- To set fire to; to set burning.
- To illuminate; to provide light for when it is dark.
- To become ignited; to take fire.
- To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
- To make (a bonus) available to be collected by hitting a target, and thus light up the feature light corresponding to that bonus to indicate its availability.
- To find by chance.
- To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice
- To alight; to land or come down.
- To run or light (alight).
- Illuminated.
- Intoxicated or under the influence of drugs.
- Sexually aroused (usually of a female), especially visibly sexually aroused.
- Exciting, captivating; fun.
- Excellent, fantastic; cool.
- Little.
- Little.
- Colour; blee; dye; stain.
- To colour; dye.
- The body of all written works.
- The collected creative writing of a nation, people, group or culture.
- (usually preceded by the) All the papers, treatises etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject.
- Written fiction of a high standard.
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 LIT
- Aglow
- Kindled
- Struck a match
- Touched down
- Put a match to
- Set on fire
- Pickled
- Turnt up
- Beyond tipsy
- All fired up?
More clues leading to the result STINKO
- Of poor or inferior quality
- Last night at the party, everyone was so drunk, the garbageman was ___
- Blitzed
- Sober's opposite
- Drunk as a skunk
- Three sheets to the wind
- Pickled
- Plastered
- Potted
- "Two thumbs down!"
More clues leading to the result DRUNK
- In one's cups
- Pie-eyed
- Three sheets to the wind
- Bombed
- Skunklike?
- Plastered
- Loaded
- "The stag at his eve had ___ his fill."
- In one's cups.
- Squiffed
More clues leading to the result BLOTTO
- Out of it
- Trashed
- Blind drunk
- Drunk as a skunk
- Inebriated
- Three sheets to the wind
- Totally drunk
- Bombed
- Hopelessly soused
- Smashed
More clues leading to the result OILED
- Stopped a squeak
- Unsqueaked the hinges
- Stopped the squeak
- Like some shiny bodies
- Ended the squeaking
- Stopped from squeaking
- Under the table
- De-squeaked?
- Rid of squeaks
- Given a lube job
More clues leading to the result STONED
- Took pits out of
- Under the influence
- Removed the pits from
- Put paving on
- Pelted with pebbles
- Drunk as a skunk
- Blotto
- High
- Sloshed
- Attacked, biblically
More clues leading to the result STEWED
- Overcooked
- Worked into a lather over
- Long-cooked
- Like cooked tomatoes
- Totally trashed
- Beyond tipsy
- Way past tipsy
- Acted huffily
- Fretted
- Plastered
More clues leading to the result SAUCED
- Made with gravy
- Having tilted a glass or two
- Blotto
- Three sheets to the wind
- Used pesto, perhaps
- Tipsy
- Was rude to
- Lit
- Wasted
- Pickled
More clues leading to the result HIGHASAKITE
- Very intoxicated
- Elated
- Euphoric
- Quite lofty
- Very happy
- Way up
- Really happy, as a kid in March?
- Wasted
- Deliriously happy
- Pleased while intoxicated?