The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word HAIR which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2023.
Tresses crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HAIR | 57 % | 4 |
| LOCKS | 29 % | 5 |
| STRANDS | 7 % | 7 |
| CURLS | 7 % | 5 |
Why may HAIR be the right solution?
The word "tresses" is often used as a synonym for hair, making "HAIR" the correct answer.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Tresses
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- plait
- twist
- braid
- locks
- inwoven
- hair
- mane
- manes
- ringlets
- curls
- plaits
- tousled
Crossword Answer definitions
HAIR noun- A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.
- The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body.
- A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.
- A cellular outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated.
- A locking spring or other safety device in the lock of a rifle, etc., capable of being released by a slight pressure on a hair-trigger.
- Haircloth; a hair shirt.
- Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.
- Complexity; difficulty; quality of being hairy
- To remove the hair from.
- To grow hair (where there was a bald spot).
- To cause to have hair; to provide with hair
- To string the bow for a violin.
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 HAIR
- "Aquarius" musical
- Barber's concern
- Head topper
- Slightest of margins
- Stuffing for a mattress
- 1967 rock musical
- Source of Samson's strength
- 1968 rock musical
- It grows on you
- Rock musical
More clues leading to the result LOCKS
- Secures
- Shuts securely
- Wrestling holds
- Canal features
- Parts of the Panama Canal
- Yale produces them
- Security devices
- Hair
- Tresses
- Secures using a key
More clues leading to the result STRANDS
- Leaves in the lurch
- Locks of hair
- Leaves helpless
- Leaves high and dry
- Twine threads
- Leaves alone
- Fibers
- Seashores
- DNA units
- Pearl sets