The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SERVES which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Waits on crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SERVES | 56 % | 6 |
| TENDS | 44 % | 5 |
Why may SERVES be the right solution?
The clue "waits on" is a synonym for "serves" in the sense of providing food or drink to customers.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Waits on
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- wait on
- wait upon
- waiting
- wait for
- waited
- in waiting
- awaits
- waiting game
- waitperson
- wait out
- awaiting
- waiting line
Crossword Answer definitions
SERVES noun- An act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play in various games.
- A portion of food or drink, a serving.
- (personal) To provide a service (or, by extension, a product, especially food or drink).
- To treat (someone) in a given manner.
- To be suitor to; to be the lover of.
- To be effective.
- To deliver a document.
- To lead off with the first delivery over the net in tennis, volleyball, ping pong, badminton etc.
- To copulate with (of male animals); to cover.
- To be in military service.
- To work, to operate (a weapon).
- To work through (a given period of time in prison, a sentence).
- To wind spun yarn etc. tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather.
- To perform (a public obligation).
- To provide crack cocaine (to), usually by selling, dealing, or distributing.
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 SERVES
- Starts a ping-pong game
- Brings to the board
- Starts a rally
- Starts the tennis point
- Tries to make a point?
- Acts as the waiter
- Starts a tennis game
- Tennis match starters
- Aces, e.g.
- Does military duty.