The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word VANE , but the solution may also be ROTOR which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in LA Times).
Windmill part crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| VANE | 71 % | 4 |
| ROTOR | 14 % | 5 |
| BLADE | 14 % | 5 |
Why may ROTOR be the right solution?
The rotor is the rotating part of a windmill that converts wind energy into mechanical energy.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Windmill part
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- sails
- vanes
- blades
- steerage
- jack
- trimmer
- a1
- con
- seagoing
- tramp
- slave ship
- cone
Crossword Answer definitions
VANE noun- A weather vane
- Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along an axis, as a blade in a turbine or a sail on a windmill, that is turned by or used to turn a fluid
- The flattened, web-like part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft
- A sight on a sextant or compass
- One of the metal guidance or stabilizing fins attached to the tail of a bomb or other missile
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 VANE
- Barn ornament
- Turbine blade
- Windsock alternative
- Rooftop weather station
- It may have the letters NEWS
- Rooster on the roof, perhaps
- Barn topper
- Decoration with a cock
- It goes where the wind blows
- Thing with an arrow
More clues leading to the result ROTOR
- 'Copter part
- Dynamo part
- Impeller
- Turbine part
- Helicopter spinner
- Helicopter blade
- Spinning part of a device
- Thing that's full of spin, whichever way you look at it?
- Moving part
- Copter part