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 |
| SMASHED | 2 % | 7 |
| FEELINGNOPAIN | 2 % | 13 |
| SOZZLED | 2 % | 7 |
| SNOCKERED | 2 % | 9 |
| STEWED | 2 % | 6 |
| SAUCED | 2 % | 6 |
| HIGHASAKITE | 2 % | 11 |
| LIQUOREDUP | 2 % | 10 |
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 SMASHED
More clues leading to the result FEELINGNOPAIN
More clues leading to the result SOZZLED
More clues leading to the result SNOCKERED
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?