Answer to "Touching" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word TANGENT , but the solution may also be POIGNANT which is one of the most recent solution (2018 in Wall Street Journal).

Touching crossword clue answers

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

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
TANGENT	46 %	7
AGAINST	18 %	7
POIGNANT	18 %	8
ABUTTAL	7 %	7
BESIDE	4 %	6
EMOTIONAL	4 %	9
NEXTTO	4 %	6

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Touching

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

• poignant
• moving
• affecting
• hitting
• reaching
• relating
• handling
• covering
• involving
• inspiring
• receiving
• stirring

Crossword Answer definitions

TANGENT noun

1. A straight line touching a curve at a single point without crossing it there.
2. A function of an angle that gives the ratio of the sine to the cosine, in either the real or complex numbers. Symbols: tan, tg.
3. A topic nearly unrelated to the main topic, but having a point in common with it.
4. A small metal blade in a clavichord that strikes the strings to produce sound.

TANGENT adjective

1. Touching a curve at a single point but not crossing it at that point.
2. Of a topic, only loosely related to a main topic.

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 TANGENT

• Geometry line
• It doesn't go in circles
• Right triangle calculation
• Touching
• Trigonomic function
• Digression
• Circle line
• Speaker's digression
• A new and unexpected tack.
• Sudden divergence from one course to another.

More clues leading to the result AGAINST

• Contrary to
• Touching
• Quip, part 4
• In contact with
• Not for
• Anti
• Part of MADD
• The enemy of
• In objection to
• Con

More clues leading to the result POIGNANT

• Touching
• Emotionally moving
• Moving
• Affecting.
• Keenly distressing
• Heartfelt

More clues leading to the result ABUTTAL

• Meeting, of sorts
• Land boundary
• Touching
• Boundary
• Act of touching
• Adjacency
• It's touching
• Direct contact
• Bordering state

More clues leading to the result BESIDE

• Next to
• A step from
• Touching
• At the elbow of
• Apart from
• Compared to
• Near
• Abutting
• __ the point: not relevant
• Other than

More clues leading to the result EMOTIONAL

• All worked up
• Misty-eyed, maybe
• Given to weeping
• Easily brought to tears
• Showing strong feelings
• Wearing one's heart on one's sleeve
• Appealing to feelings
• High-strung
• Easily moved.
• Prone to tears.

More clues leading to the result NEXTTO

• Adjoining
• Alongside of
• Abutting
• Beside
• Right alongside
• Within arm's length of
• Right beside
• Aside from
• Very nearly
• Almost.