The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word GHOST , but the solution may also be ESSAYIST which is one of the most recent solution (1968 in New York Times).
Type of writer crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| GHOST | 25 % | 5 |
| SATIRIST | 17 % | 8 |
| ESSAYIST | 17 % | 8 |
| POET | 17 % | 4 |
| IRONIST | 8 % | 7 |
| HACK | 8 % | 4 |
| REALIST | 8 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Type of writer
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- journalist
- novelist
- poet
- playwright
- screenwriter
- memoirist
- essayist
- historian
- biographer
- penning
- author
- writing
Crossword Answer definitions
GHOST noun- The spirit; the soul of man.
- The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death
- Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image
- A false image formed in a telescope, camera, or other optical device by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.
- An unwanted image similar to and overlapping or adjacent to the main one on a television screen, caused by the transmitted image being received both directly and via reflection.
- A ghostwriter.
- An unresponsive user on IRC, resulting from the user's client disconnecting without notifying the server.
- An image of a file or hard disk.
- An understudy.
- A covert (and deniable) agent.
- The faint image that remains after an attempt to remove graffiti.
- An opponent in a racing game that follows a previously recorded route, allowing players to compete against previous best times.
- A dead person whose identity is stolen by another. See ghosting.
- (in names of species) White or pale.
- (in names of species) Transparent or translucent.
- Abandoned.
- Remnant; the remains of a(n).
- Perceived or listed but not real.
- Of cryptid, supernatural or extraterrestrial nature.
- Substitute.
- To haunt; to appear to in the form of an apparition.
- To die; to expire.
- To ghostwrite.
- To sail seemingly without wind.
- To copy a file or hard drive image.
- To gray out (a visual item) to indicate that it is unavailable.
- To forcibly disconnect an IRC user who is using one's reserved nickname.
- To appear without warning; to move quickly and quietly; to slip.
- To kill.
- To break up with someone without warning or explanation; to perform an act of ghosting.
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 GHOST
- Kind of town or story
- Snapchat logo
- Dead head?
- Ship in The Sea Wolf
- Hamlet's vision
- Spelling game
- Mere semblance
- Trace image
- Write surreptitiously
- Visitor in Act I of "Hamlet"
More clues leading to the result SATIRIST
- Poker of fun
- Voltaire, Rabelais, or Swift
- Stephen Colbert, e.g.
- Swift, for example
- Swift, notably
- National Lampoon writer, typically
- Stephen Colbert, for one
- Jonathan Swift, for one
- Juvenal or Sinclair Lewis.
- Sinclair Lewis was one.
More clues leading to the result ESSAYIST
- Column creator
- Charles Lamb, for one
- Aldous Huxley, for one
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, for one
- Editorial writer
- Lamb, notably
- Lamb or Bacon
- Lamb, for one
- Voltaire, for one
- Bacon, for one
More clues leading to the result POET
- Donne or Dickinson
- Versifier
- ____ laureate
- One who makes ode money
- Yeats or Keats
- __ laureate
- Juan Felipe Herrera, for one
- Meter man?
- Maya Angelou, for example
- Greeting card employee, at times
More clues leading to the result IRONIST
- Writer of sardonic humor
- O. Henry, for one
- Sardonic writer
- Person given to sarcasm.
- Satirist.
- Type of writer.
- Wry humorist.
- Master of sarcasm.
- A mordant wit.
- Writer of satire
More clues leading to the result HACK
- Cabdriver
- Potboiler specialist
- All-thumbs author
- Catarrh symptom
- Disdained author
- Mediocre writer
- Meter man?
- Cope with, slangily
- Tabloid reporter, to some
- Maligned writer