The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word COILS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2011.
Winds crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| COILS | 38 % | 5 |
| GALES | 29 % | 5 |
| SNAKES | 8 % | 6 |
| REELS | 4 % | 5 |
| TRADES | 4 % | 6 |
| LOOPS | 4 % | 5 |
| MEANDERS | 4 % | 8 |
| SPOOLS | 4 % | 6 |
| GUSTS | 4 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Winds
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- wind up
- tip
- steer
- hoist
- roll
- lead
- wrap
- meander
- curve
- wreathe
- twist
- thread
Crossword Answer definitions
COILS noun- Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
- Any intrauterine device (Abbreviation: IUD)—the first IUDs were coil-shaped.
- A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.
- Entanglement; perplexity.
- To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.
- To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center.
- To wind cylindrically or spirally.
- To encircle and hold with, or as if with, coils.
- A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil.
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 COILS
- Slinkys, essentially
- Shapes snakes make
- Winds about
- Mattress layer
- Spirals
- Makes ropes shipshape
- Winds (around)
- Prepares to strike, as a snake
- Mattress framework
- Winds
More clues leading to the result GALES
- High winds
- Outbursts
- Storms
- Strong winds
- Big blows at sea
- Big blows
- 7 to 10 on the Beaufort Scale
- Big blows on the main
- Units of laughter
- Hurricane harbingers
More clues leading to the result SNAKES
- Grass lurkers
- Untrustworthy ones
- New Zealand lack
- What Indiana Jones feared
- Plumbing tools
- Moves sinuously
- Creatures banished from Ireland by Saint Patrick, in myth
- Twists and turns
- Charmer's basketful
- Devices for clearing pipes
More clues leading to the result REELS
- Film holders
- Virginia dances
- Winds up a hose
- Film rolls
- Lively dances
- Goes into economic shock, say
- Movie-house supplies
- Cinema's stock
- Reacts to a blow
- Two-line square dances
More clues leading to the result TRADES
- Off-season sports stories
- Lines of work
- Stock exchange actions
- Lines of business
- Off-season moves
- Exchanges
- Gets this for that
- Diamond deals
- Career paths
- Works at the stock exchange
More clues leading to the result LOOPS
- Some computer program sequences
- Meanders
- Roller coaster features
- Circuits
- Yo-yo tricks
- Software repetitions
- Closed circuits
- Aerobat's maneuvers
- Stunt pilot's maneuvers
- Figure skating figures