The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word LICKS , but the solution may also be SWATS which is one of the most recent solution (2018 in New York Times).
Thwacks crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LICKS | 25 % | 5 |
| SLAPS | 25 % | 5 |
| SWATS | 25 % | 5 |
| SMITES | 13 % | 6 |
| BIFFS | 13 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Thwacks
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- smack
- smites
- thuds
- clonk
- plink
- yelps
- whump
- whomps
- staccatos
- thumps
- splintery
- clacks
Crossword Answer definitions
LICKS noun- The act of licking; a stroke of the tongue.
- The amount of some substance obtainable with a single lick.
- A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue.
- A place where animals lick minerals from the ground.
- A small watercourse or ephemeral stream. It ranks between a rill and a stream.
- A stroke or blow.
- A small amount; a whit.
- An attempt at something.
- A short motif.
- A rate of speed. (Always qualified by good, fair, or a similar adjective.)
- An act of cunnilingus.
- To stroke with the tongue.
- To lap; to take in with the tongue.
- To beat with repeated blows.
- To defeat decisively, particularly in a fight.
- To overcome.
- To perform cunnilingus.
- To do anything partially.
- (of flame, waves etc.) To lap.
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 LICKS
- Trounces
- Defeats
- Jazzy phrases
- Ice-cream tastes
- Guitar riffs
- Beats soundly
- Beats up
- Whips
- The home team gets the last ones
- Enjoys, as an ice cream cone
More clues leading to the result SLAPS
- Reactions to advances, often
- Slides some skin
- Smacks
- Gives a hand?
- High-fives
- Censures
- Insults
- Strikes sharply
- Executes a high five
- Gives a backhand
More clues leading to the result SWATS
- Gets the flies
- Goes for, as a mosquito
- Hits playfully
- Hits hard
- Bats gnats
- Chases flies
- Smacks
- Whacks sharply
- Hits, as a fly
- Squashes a skeeter
More clues leading to the result SMITES
- Clobbers, Bible-style
- Whacks, Bible-style
- Hits, old-style
- Fells with a single blow
- Whacks hard
- Bops, Biblically
- Clobbers
- Hits hard, Biblical-style
- Strikes down, in the Bible
- Hits hard