The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word PARE which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2017.
Whittle crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PARE | 85 % | 4 |
| HEW | 4 % | 3 |
| SHAVE | 4 % | 5 |
| CARVE | 4 % | 5 |
| HANDCARVE | 2 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Whittle
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- pare
- fix
- winnow
- cut
- trim
- carve
- chisel
- prune
- chop
- gnaw
- narrowed
- thwite
Crossword Answer definitions
PARE verb- To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife
- (often with down or back) to reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off
- To trim the hoof of a horse
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 PARE
- Cut (down), as expenses
- Get the carrots ready
- Cut back
- Trim
- Whittle down
- Fix apples for a pie
- Skin
- Trim down
- Remove the skin of
- Cut the skin from
More clues leading to the result HEW
- Take an ax to
- Axe a tree
- Fell
- Onetime Cabinet dept.
- Shape with an axe
- Cut off
- Cut with an axe
- Fell by chopping
- Chop down
- Chop off
More clues leading to the result SHAVE
- Pare
- Use a razor
- Tonsorial task
- Lose one's shadow?
- Hairy experience
- Clear the stubble
- Barbershop service
- Get rid of a five o'clock shadow
- Get rid of the Fu Manchu
- Barber's service
More clues leading to the result CARVE
- Decorate by cutting and shaping
- Do holiday duty
- Do a holiday chore
- Whittle
- Play host at Thanksgiving
- Slice
- Make scrimshaw
- Whittle or chisel
- What a Thanksgiving guest of honor might do
- Start on the Thanksgiving turkey