The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word LOPS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2015.
Truncates crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LOPS | 73 % | 4 |
| CROPS | 9 % | 5 |
| CUTSSHORT | 9 % | 9 |
| SHORTENS | 9 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Truncates
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- cut short
- short
- lops
- lengthens
- renders
- elides
- modifies
- disrupts
- alters
- interrupts
- disables
- shortens
Crossword Answer definitions
LOPS noun- That which is lopped from anything, such as branches from a tree.
- (usually with off) To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone.
- To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side.
- To allow to hang down.
- A flea.
- (usually offensive) A disabled person, a cripple.
- Any of several breeds of rabbits whose ears lie flat.
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 LOPS
- Cuts (off)
- Trims
- Prunes
- Takes a bough?
- Does some pruning
- Cuts off
- Hacks off
- Trims the tree
- Uses an ax
- Cuts off, as tree limbs
More clues leading to the result CROPS
- Short snaps
- Things harvested
- Takes the edge off?
- Fields' yields
- Field yields
- Corn and wheat
- Jockey's accessories
- Shortens
- Alfalfa and others
- Cuts short