The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word TIPS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1951.
Useful hints crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters | 
|---|---|---|
| TIPS | 100 % | 4 | 
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Useful hints
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- compendium
 - tips
 - allusive
 - hint
 - tipster
 - aids
 - heloise
 - advice
 - assets
 - avail
 - availing
 - best
 
Crossword Answer definitions
TIPS noun- The tip of the external ear.
 - A small earpiece or earplug.
 - The part of an earbud that contours to the ear canal.
 - The removal of the tip of a cat's ear, done to indicate that the cat has been fixed.
 
- The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.
 - A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration.
 - The end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held.
 - (chiefly in the plural) A small piece of meat.
 - A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.
 - A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.
 
- To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of.
 
- (skittles) The knocking over of a skittle.
 - An act of tipping up or tilting.
 - An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap (see tipple); a dump.
 - Rubbish thrown from a quarry.
 - (by extension) A recycling centre.
 - A very untidy place.
 - The act of deflecting with one's fingers, especially the fingertips
 - A tram for expeditiously transferring coal.
 
- (To cause) to become knocked over, fall down or overturn.
 - (To cause) to be, or come to be, in a tilted or sloping position; (to cause) to become unbalanced.
 - To drink.
 - To dump (refuse).
 - To pour a libation or a liquid from a container, particularly from a forty of malt liquor.
 - To deflect with one′s fingers, especially one′s fingertips.
 
- A light blow or tap.
 
- To hit quickly and lightly; to tap.
 
- A gratuity; a small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other servant as a token of appreciation.
 
- To give a small gratuity to, especially to an employee of someone who provides a service.
 - To give, pass.
 
- A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc.
 - A piece of advice.
 
- To give a piece of private information to; to inform (someone) of a clue, secret knowledge, etc.
 
- A kick or phase; one's current habits or behaviour.
 - A particular arena or sphere of interest; a front.
 
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