Answer to "Veil" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SHROUD which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2021.

Veil crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
SHROUD	33 %	6
CLOAK	33 %	5
CONCEAL	11 %	7
MASK	11 %	4
SCREEN	11 %	6

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Veil

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• head covering
• caul
• humeral veil
• embryonic membrane
• fetal membrane
• drape
• robe
• scarf
• blanket
• shroud
• cloak
• sheet

Crossword Answer definitions

SHROUD noun

1. That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment.
2. Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet.
3. That which covers or shelters like a shroud.
4. A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den; also, a vault or crypt.
5. A rope or cable serving to support the mast sideways.
6. One of the two annular plates at the periphery of a water wheel, which form the sides of the buckets; a shroud plate.

SHROUD verb

1. To cover with a shroud.
2. To conceal or hide from view, as if by a shroud.
3. To take shelter or harbour.

SHROUD noun

1. The branching top of a tree; foliage.

SHROUD verb

1. To lop the branches from (a tree).

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 SHROUD

• Hide
• Turin relic
• Cathedral of Turin attraction
• Hide from view
• Conceal
• Turin treasure
• ___ of Turin
• Veil
• Nautical rope.
• Conceal.

More clues leading to the result CLOAK

• Dagger's partner
• It's a wrap
• Shoulder piece
• Wizard's get-up
• Espionage symbol
• Shrouding device
• Dagger's companion
• Dagger partner
• Hide
• Long, loose garment

More clues leading to the result CONCEAL

• Palm
• Keep secret
• Squirrel away
• Cover up
• Bury, say
• Harbor
• Hide
• Put a smoke screen around
• Veil.
• Mask

More clues leading to the result MASK

• Face covering
• Goalie's need
• Face guard
• Obscure
• Cher film
• Conceal
• Hockey goalie's protection
• Mud bath covering
• 1985 Cher movie
• Superhero accessory

More clues leading to the result SCREEN

• All eyes are on the big one
• Weed out, as callers
• Where stars are viewed
• Hearth accessory
• Cineplex need
• No-fly zone border?
• Audition
• View a film
• Word that can mean "show" or "hide"
• Sift through, as job applications