Answer to "Torches" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word LIGHTS , but the solution may also be BURNSDOWN which is one of the most recent solution (2007 in New York Times).

Torches crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
LIGHTS	25 %	6
FLARES	25 %	6
FLAMBEAUX	25 %	9
BURNSDOWN	25 %	9

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Torches

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• blowtorch
• blowlamp
• flashlight
• great mullein
• common mullein
• flannel mullein
• verbascum thapsus
• woolly mullein
• flares
• flashlights
• lamps
• lanterns

Crossword Answer definitions

LIGHTS noun

1. Visible electromagnetic radiation. The human eye can typically detect radiation (light) in the wavelength range of about 400 to 750 nanometers. Nearby shorter and longer wavelength ranges, although not visible, are commonly called ultraviolet and infrared light.
2. A source of illumination.
3. Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information.
4. (in the plural) Facts; pieces of information; ideas, concepts.
5. A notable person within a specific field or discipline.
6. The manner in which the light strikes a picture; that part of a picture which represents those objects upon which the light is supposed to fall; the more illuminated part of a landscape or other scene; opposed to shade.
7. A point of view, or aspect from which a concept, person or thing is regarded.
8. A flame or something used to create fire.
9. A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or coloured flame.
10. A window, or space for a window in architecture.
11. The series of squares reserved for the answer to a crossword clue.
12. A cross-light in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
13. Open view; a visible state or condition; public observation; publicity.
14. The power of perception by vision.
15. The brightness of the eye or eyes.
16. A traffic light, or, by extension, an intersection controlled by one or more that will face a traveler who is receiving instructions.

LIGHTS noun

1. A stone that is not thrown hard enough.
2. See lights.

LIGHTS noun

1. The lungs, now chiefly of an animal (being lighter than adjacent parts).

LIGHTS verb

1. To start (a fire).
2. To set fire to; to set burning.
3. To illuminate; to provide light for when it is dark.
4. To become ignited; to take fire.
5. To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
6. 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.

LIGHTS verb

1. To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter
2. To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.

LIGHTS verb

1. To find by chance.
2. To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice
3. To alight; to land or come down.

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 LIGHTS

• Director's call
• Traffic signals
• Ignites
• Torches
• Signals
• Start of a director's cry
• Wrigley Field's lack until 1988
• "City __" ('31 Chaplin film)
• Traffic regulators
• Illuminates

More clues leading to the result FLARES

• Crash alerts
• Bell-bottoms
• Maritime distress signals
• Signals from a downed flier, perhaps
• Breakdown burners
• Danger signals
• Signals in the sky
• Distress signals
• Road alerts
• Roadside attention getters

More clues leading to the result FLAMBEAUX

• Torches

More clues leading to the result BURNSDOWN

• Torches