The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TESTS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2019.
Trials crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TESTS | 45 % | 5 |
| ORDEALS | 23 % | 7 |
| WOES | 15 % | 4 |
| ESSAYS | 5 % | 6 |
| HARDSHIPS | 3 % | 9 |
| STABS | 3 % | 5 |
| EXPERIMENTATION | 3 % | 15 |
| TESTRUNS | 3 % | 8 |
| RIGORS | 3 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Trials
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- experimental
- test
- tryout
- empirical
- run
- model
- tribulation
- pilot
- visitation
- adjudication
- adventures
- adversities
Crossword Answer definitions
TESTS noun- A challenge, trial.
- A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
- (academia) An examination, given often during the academic term.
- A session in which a product or piece of equipment is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc.
- (normally “Test”) A Test match.
- The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars and sea urchins.
- Testa; seed coat.
- Judgment; distinction; discrimination.
- To challenge.
- To refine (gold, silver, etc.) in a test or cupel; to subject to cupellation.
- To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try.
- (academics) To administer or assign an examination, often given during the academic term, to (somebody).
- To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its durability, etc.
- To be shown to be by test.
- To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent.
- A witness.
- To attest (a document) legally, and date it.
- To make a testament, or will.
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 TESTS
- True-false, et al.
- Written and oral
- It's OK to take these
- Trials
- Dry runs
- Medical screenings
- Midterm miseries
- Assessments of blood and IQ, e.g.
- Tries out
- They may make the grade
More clues leading to the result ORDEALS
- Trying moments
- Trials by fire
- Baptisms of fire
- Trying times
- Trying experiences
- Tough times
- Major hassles
- Tribulations
- They're trying
- Tough trials
More clues leading to the result WOES
- Misfortunes
- Sob story makeup
- Reasons to complain
- Complaints
- Troubles
- Big problems
- Sorrows
- Crosses to bear
- "Riches cover a multitude of ___": Menander
- Afflictions
More clues leading to the result ESSAYS
- Persuasive prose pieces
- Newsmagazine fodder
- Parts of college applications
- Writings of Montaigne
- Blue-book pieces
- Makes an attempt at
- Bacon and Lamb creations
- Charles Lamb's output
- "When You Are Engulfed in Flames" pieces
- Some exam answers
More clues leading to the result HARDSHIPS
More clues leading to the result STABS
- Attempts
- Piercing pains
- Pokes at
- Wounds
- Tries
- Uses a fork on
- Makes a wild guess
- Wild guesses
- Wounds with a dagger
- Thrusting blows