The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word AONE , but the solution may also be A-ONE which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Tops crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| AONE | 54 % | 4 |
| BEST | 6 % | 4 |
| ACMES | 5 % | 5 |
| LIDS | 5 % | 4 |
| ATMOST | 4 % | 6 |
| BESTS | 3 % | 5 |
| ONEUPS | 2 % | 6 |
| ACES | 2 % | 4 |
| CRESTS | 2 % | 6 |
| APEXES | 1 % | 6 |
| BEATS | 1 % | 5 |
| SUPER | 1 % | 5 |
| CAPS | 1 % | 4 |
| SUPERB | 1 % | 6 |
| THEBEST | 1 % | 7 |
| BETTERS | 1 % | 7 |
| SUMMITS | 1 % | 7 |
| MAX | 1 % | 3 |
| GRADEA | 1 % | 6 |
| ZENITHS | 1 % | 7 |
| FIRSTRATE | 1 % | 9 |
| FINEST | 1 % | 6 |
| OUTDOES | 1 % | 7 |
| BRAS | 1 % | 4 |
| IDEAL | 1 % | 5 |
| ROOFS | 1 % | 5 |
| NIFTY | 0 % | 5 |
| FIRST | 0 % | 5 |
| OUTSHINES | 0 % | 9 |
| HATS | 0 % | 4 |
| NUMBERONE | 0 % | 9 |
| TERRIFIC | 0 % | 8 |
| RATEDA | 0 % | 6 |
| A-ONE | 0 % | 5 |
| EXCEEDS | 0 % | 7 |
| SHIRTS | 0 % | 6 |
| AT MOST | 0 % | 7 |
| APICES | 0 % | 6 |
| OFTHEFIRSTWATER | 0 % | 15 |
| ISTRATE | 0 % | 7 |
| ACEHIGH | 0 % | 7 |
| ACME | 0 % | 4 |
| UNRIVALED | 0 % | 9 |
| RISESABOVE | 0 % | 10 |
| PRIMO | 0 % | 5 |
| PEAKS | 0 % | 5 |
| GREAT | 0 % | 5 |
| SPINNERS | 0 % | 8 |
| BESTOFALL | 0 % | 9 |
| DABOMB | 0 % | 6 |
Why may ACES be the right solution?
The word "tops" can be a synonym for "excellent" or "the best." In card games, "aces" are the highest-ranking cards, so "ACES" is a fitting answer for "tops."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Tops
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- superior
- topnotch
- tiptop
- super
- crack
- first-rate
- ace
- a-one
- maximum
- max
- superiority
- breakthrough
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 AONE
- Couldn't be better
- Primo
- Superior rating
- Top rating
- Top-drawer
- Top-notch
- Top-rated
- Tops
- Better than good
- First class
More clues leading to the result BEST
- Old-time actress Edna
- Tops
- Defeat
- Optimal
- Nonpareil
- A+
- Top-level
- Highest-quality
- Oscar-night word
- Cheers alternative
More clues leading to the result ACMES
- Climbers' goals
- High points
- High tops?
- Tops
- Pinnacle points
- Pinnacles
- Climaxes
- Summits
- Highest points
- Zeniths
More clues leading to the result LIDS
- Jar toppers
- Eye covers
- Hats
- Oft-flipped items?
- Tupperware tops
- Canning supply
- Flipped items
- Shuteye shutters
- Tops
- Flipped items?
More clues leading to the result ATMOST
More clues leading to the result BESTS
More clues leading to the result ONEUPS
- Just tops
- Trumps
- Gets the better of
- Tops
- Outdoes
- Stays a step ahead of
- Betters
- Bests
- Surpasses
- Does better than
More clues leading to the result ACES
- Gets a perfect score on
- Emulates Sampras
- Pack foursome
- Super shots
- Sure shots
- They're unbeatable in war
- Those that excel
- Top cards
- Top guns
- Bridge stopper
More clues leading to the result CRESTS
- Reaches a peak
- Cuckoo points?
- Heraldic devices
- Roosters' combs
- Tufted-titmouse toppers
- Wave tops
- Reaches the highest level
- Shield designs, at times
- Wave peaks
- Cockatiels' toppers
More clues leading to the result APEXES
More clues leading to the result BEATS
- Cops' turfs
- Rhythmical units of time
- Rap producers creations
- Throbs
- Village poets
- Comes out ahead of
- Steals the prize from
- Wild "beast"?
- Gets the better of
- Finishes ahead of
More clues leading to the result SUPER
- Bowl or star preceder
- "Terrific!"
- Marvelous!
- Like some models?
- Terrific
- Fantastic
- Starter for star or power
- Apartment 1-A resident, often
- "Terrif!"
- Outstanding
More clues leading to the result CAPS
- Gowns' go-withs
- Mushroom tops
- Puts a lid on
- Kids' lids
- Mushroom parts
- U.c. letters
- LETTERS LIKE THESE
- Upper limits
- Uppercase
- Diamond headwear
More clues leading to the result SUPERB
- Couldn't be better
- Excellent
- A++++++++
- Killer
- Five-star
- Crackerjack
- Outstanding
- Brilliant
- Splendiferous
- First class
More clues leading to the result THEBEST
- Tops
- Make ___ of (cope)
- It's yet to come
- Of superior quality
- Top-notch
- Number one
- What "is yet to come," in a Sinatra classic
- With 51-Across, Sinatra classic, and a hint to completing three puzzle answers
- __ of all possible worlds
- Top-rated
More clues leading to the result BETTERS
- Improves
- Tops
- Improves upon
- Improves.
- Persons superior in authority, position, etc.
- People of "quality."
- Superiors
More clues leading to the result SUMMITS
- Highest points
- Important meetings
- High-level meetings
- Climbers' destinations
- Tops.
- Mountain features
- Tops
- Meetings of heads of state
- Meetings of presidents
- Mountains' tops
More clues leading to the result MAX
- Most
- "Mad ___: Fury Road"
- Nth degree
- Credit card limit
- Limit
- Tops
- Road Warrior's name
- To the ___ (fully)
- Upper limit
- Farmer Yasgur of Woodstock
More clues leading to the result GRADEA
- Top of the line
- First-class
- Like a good egg
- Egg carton rating
- Rating on an egg carton
- Like most store-bought eggs
- Top-notch
- Primo
- Topnotch
- Egg quality
More clues leading to the result ZENITHS
More clues leading to the result FIRSTRATE
- Elite
- World-class
- Wonderful
- Aces
- Possessing the highest value.
- A-O. K.
- Top-notch.
- Tops.
- Very well: Colloq.
- Excellent
More clues leading to the result FINEST
- Superior to the average
- Have the best value
- Cream of the crop
- A-1
- Unexcelled
- Best
- "This was their ___ hour" (Churchill)
- Top-quality
- The best there is to offer
- Adjective for the NYPD
More clues leading to the result OUTDOES
More clues leading to the result BRAS
- Victoria's Secret selections
- Booby traps?
- Bali products
- Chest protectors?
- Containers of melons
- Melon containers
- Bikini tops
- Underwear with underwire
- Coupled cups?
- Lingerie buys
More clues leading to the result IDEAL
More clues leading to the result ROOFS
- T-tops, e.g.
- Urban garden spots
- Pagoda's many
- Applies shingles
- Mansard and gambrel
- Housetops
- "Landing strips" for Santa
- Sites for shingles
- Locales for many lost Frisbees
- They might be pitched
More clues leading to the result NIFTY
- Groovy
- Swell
- Kin of "Peachy!"
- Peachy-keen
- Simply marv
- Really neat
- Very good
- Excellent
- Sizable, as a profit
- Neat
More clues leading to the result FIRST
- At the head of the line
- Gold-medal position
- Unprecedented
- Who's position
- Winning position
- Leading
- Initial
- "Who's on ___?"
- Gold medalist's place
- Before anything else
More clues leading to the result OUTSHINES
More clues leading to the result HATS
- Cowboy and Panama
- Headgear
- Boater and sailor
- Porkpies
- Bartholomew Cubbins had 500
- Ten-gallon ___
- They're on top of things
- Noodle toppers
- Jobs, so to speak
- Bowler and derby
More clues leading to the result NUMBERONE
- Valentine, or each song in this puzzle
- Top of the charts
- Words needed to complete four puzzle answers
- Top-ranked
- The self, very often.
- Most people look out for it
- Big hit
- Tops
- Beetles and Golfs, briefly
- "We're ___!"
More clues leading to the result TERRIFIC
- Second in a series of Web postings
- Splendid
- Dynamite!
- Superb
- Great
- Fabulous
- Wonderful
- Marvelous
- Swell
- Dynamite
More clues leading to the result RATEDA
- Top-of-the-line
- Given a top rank
- High-grade
- Like some bonds
- Top-notch
- High-quality
- Like good (but not great) bonds
- Considered good by Moody's
- First-class
- Tops
More clues leading to the result A-ONE
More clues leading to the result EXCEEDS
More clues leading to the result SHIRTS
- Gambling losses?
- Skins' opponents
- Some have two arms and a tail, but no legs
- Tees and jerseys
- Certain tees
- Tee and others
- Polo and others
- Pickup game side
- Haberdashery stock
- Team in some pickup games
More clues leading to the result AT MOST
More clues leading to the result APICES
More clues leading to the result OFTHEFIRSTWATER
More clues leading to the result ISTRATE
More clues leading to the result ACEHIGH
- Loser to a pair
- Like a great straight, in poker
- Like some flushes
- First-rate straight
- Kind of flush
- Like the best straight, in poker
- Sort of straight
- Anaconda loser, almost certainly
- A pair of deuces beats it
- Rating tops.
More clues leading to the result ACME
- Zenith
- CAME to the peak in disarray?
- Capstone
- Crowning point
- Grocery chain
- Wile E. Coyote's supplier
- It's all downhill from here
- It's the top
- Peak
- Pinnacle
More clues leading to the result UNRIVALED
More clues leading to the result RISESABOVE
More clues leading to the result PRIMO
- Carnera of "Mighty Joe Young"
- Absolutely fabulous
- First-rate, slangily
- First-class
- The best
- First among Italians
- Name for a first "figlio"
- First-rate
- Of the highest quality, slangily
- Topnotch
More clues leading to the result PEAKS
- Hits a high point
- Reaches the top
- "Twin ___"
- Uptimes
- Summits
- "Twin ___: Fire Walk With Me" (David Lynch film)
- Highest levels
- Reaches a maximum
- High points
- Everest and others
More clues leading to the result GREAT
- "__ Balls of Fire"
- Fantastic!
- Like Frederick or Alexander?
- Magnificent
- Eminent
- Fabulous
- Hall of Famer, e.g.
- Five-star
- Ginormous
- Stupendous
More clues leading to the result SPINNERS
- Disc jockeys, in slang
- Tops
- Dreidels and pinwheels
- Rotating fishing lures
- Fish lures.
- Fishing lures
- Tale tellers, sometimes