The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word EDGED , but the solution may also be INCISIVE which is one of the most recent solution (2014 in Newsday).
Trenchant crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EDGED | 27 % | 5 |
| INCISIVE | 27 % | 8 |
| KEEN | 20 % | 4 |
| ACID | 13 % | 4 |
| ACUTE | 7 % | 5 |
| SHARP | 7 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Trenchant
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- intelligent
- effective
- distinct
- efficacious
- effectual
- clear
- searching
- clear-cut
- hard-hitting
- incisive
- forceful
- sharp
Crossword Answer definitions
EDGED verb- To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
- To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
- (usually in the form 'just edge') To win by a small margin.
- To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.
- To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger.
- To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging.
- To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
- To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
- To delay one's orgasm so as to remain almost at the point of orgasm.
- That has a sharp planar surface.
- Followed by with: Having an edging of a certain material, color, and so on.
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 EDGED
- Worked on lawn borders
- Beat by a nose
- Moved sideways
- Trimmed the lawn
- Beat by a hair
- Beat in a close one
- Snuck (by)
- Took the lead
- Nosed out
- Bordered
More clues leading to the result INCISIVE
More clues leading to the result KEEN
- Intellectually sharp
- Loud wail
- Sharp
- Peachy-__
- Sharp as a tack
- Sharp-edged
- Splendid, slangily
- Discerning
- Highly developed
- Peachy ___
More clues leading to the result ACID
- Amino, boric, or citric
- Etcher's need
- Litmus reddener
- Nitric or sulfuric
- Bitter
- Etching fluid
- Kind of test
- Tangy
- Test type
- Word with rock or rain
More clues leading to the result ACUTE
- Like some accents
- Penetrating
- Perceptive
- Very distressing
- Keenly perceptive
- Kind of angle
- Intense
- Quick-sighted
- Sharp
- Like pain after getting poked