The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word THAWS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.
Warming periods crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| THAWS | 71 % | 5 |
| DETENTES | 29 % | 8 |
Why may THAWS be the right solution?
The word "thaws" refers to the melting of ice or snow due to a rise in temperature, which is a type of warming period.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Warming periods
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- sunshine
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- thawed
- thawing
- air
- brood
- brooding
- carbon
- cause
Crossword Answer definitions
THAWS noun- The melting of ice, snow, or other congealed matter; the resolution of ice, or the like, into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost
- A warmth of weather sufficient to melt that which is frozen
- To gradually melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften from frozen
- To become so warm as to melt ice and snow — said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally.
- To grow gentle or genial.
- To gradually cause frozen things (such as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result THAWS
- Sticks in the defroster
- Letups in diplomatic tensions
- January phenomena
- Liquifies
- Loosens up
- Becomes friendlier
- Defrosts
- Unbends a little
- Melts
- Unbends