The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SCRIBE , but the solution may also be PEN which is one of the most recent solution (2017 in LA Times).
Writer crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SCRIBE | 38 % | 6 |
| PEN | 16 % | 3 |
| PENMAN | 14 % | 6 |
| PENNER | 14 % | 6 |
| AUTHOR | 5 % | 6 |
| ANYA | 3 % | 4 |
| SCENARIST | 3 % | 9 |
| POET | 3 % | 4 |
| INDITER | 3 % | 7 |
| BARD | 3 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Writer
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- author
- novelist
- authorship
- literature
- scriptwriter
- write
- editorial
- editor
- writing
- editorialist
- publisher
- journalist
Crossword Answer definitions
SCRIBE noun- Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary or copyist.
- A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.
- A very sharp, steel drawing implement used in engraving and etching, a scriber.
- (in particular) A journalist.
- To write.
- To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.
- To record.
- To write or draw with a scribe.
- To cut (anything) in such a way as to fit closely to a somewhat irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a moulding, etc.; so called because the workman marks, or scribes, with the compasses the line that he afterwards cuts.
- To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.
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 SCRIBE
- Journalist
- Drudge with a pen
- Writer of the Middle Ages
- Public clerk
- Man of letters?
- Book copier of old
- Copyist
- Writer, slangily
- Many a medieval monk
- Manuscript copyist
More clues leading to the result PEN
- Compose
- Escritoire item
- Parker product
- Shirt-pocket stainer
- Sty
- Hoosegow
- Place to warm up
- Waterman or Parker
- Author's need
- Corral
More clues leading to the result PENMAN
- Calligrapher
- Scribbler
- Writer
- Scribe
- Fine writer.
- Writer.
- Scribe.
- Author or convict
- Handwriting expert
- Author
More clues leading to the result PENNER
- One who writes
- Maker of ink sketches
- Bic wielder
- Author
- Writer
- Playwright, slangily
- Novelist, for instance
- Writer.
- Radio comic Joe
- He does the write thing
More clues leading to the result AUTHOR
- One who works with a lot of characters
- Storyteller
- Curtain call cry
- Novel producer
- Tan or Brown
- Write
- J.K. Rowling, for one
- Novelist
- Lamb or Rice
- Name on a spine
More clues leading to the result ANYA
- Novelist Seton
- Writer Seton
- Author Seton
- "Dragonwyck" novelist Seton
- "The Cherry Orchard" girl
- "Dragonwyck" author Seton
- "Foxfire" author Seton
- Ex-demon on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" who is afraid of bunnies
- "Green Darkness" author Seton
- American author Seton
More clues leading to the result SCENARIST
More clues leading to the result POET
- Donne or Dickinson
- Versifier
- ____ laureate
- One who makes ode money
- Yeats or Keats
- __ laureate
- Juan Felipe Herrera, for one
- Meter man?
- Maya Angelou, for example
- Greeting card employee, at times