The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word FEEDER which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2020.
Tributary crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FEEDER | 85 % | 6 |
| RIVER | 10 % | 5 |
| BRANCH | 5 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Tributary
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- feeder
- secondary
- affluent
- influent
- inlet
- function
- 6th
- taxation
- hostage
- tax
- subject
- susceptible
Crossword Answer definitions
FEEDER noun- One who feeds, or gives food to another.
- One who feeds, or takes in food.
- One who, or that which, feeds material into something.
- That which is used to feed.
- A tributary stream, especially of a canal.
- A branch line of a railway.
- A transmission line that feeds the electricity for an electricity substation, or for a transmitter.
- A feeder school.
- A feeder ship.
- A judge whose law clerks are often selected to become clerks for the Supreme Court.
- (1800s) The pitcher.
- A player whose character is killed by the opposing player or team more than once, deliberately or through lack of skills and experience, thus helping the opposing side.
- One who abets another.
- A parasite.
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 FEEDER
- It's for the birds
- One for the birds
- Birdseed container
- Mom at mealtime, to Junior
- Word after bottom
- Birdseed holder
- Tributary
- Bird attractor
- Thing out on a limb
- Birdwatcher's lure
More clues leading to the result RIVER
- Moon or Spoon
- Ohio or Mississippi
- Minnesota or Missouri
- Ems or Tees
- Charles, e.g.
- Charles or Don, e.g.
- St. Lawrence, for one
- "Spoon ___ Anthology"
- Moisturizer brand
- Gospel music's Jordan, e.g.