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Comb backward

Last seen in Universal Crossword May 16, 2021 Answers

Solving the Universal Crossword crossword from May 16, 2021? The clue "Comb backward" has 143 possible solutions in our database. We believe the best answer is TEASE with 5 letters. Our 99% confidence rating comes from cross-referencing this clue against thousands of published crossword puzzle answers.

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143 Other Potential Answers

99%
TEASE
Comb backward
Universal Crossword · May 16, 2021
8%
LOCS
Hairstyle that may begin with comb coils
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 26, 2026
8%
DNA
Molecule found backward in 22-Down
Universal Crossword · Apr 11, 2026
8%
BEE
One goes "zzub" when flying backward, in a joke
Universal Crossword · Apr 1, 2026
8%
PRAT
Twit, to a Brit ... or a waterproof cover backward
Universal Crossword · Mar 25, 2026
8%
UNDO
Click a backward arrow, maybe
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 1, 2026
8%
NELLE
Name found backward in "excellent"
Universal Crossword · Feb 28, 2026
8%
DETANGLED
Forced a comb through, say
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 27, 2025
8%
OVER
Bend ___ backward
Universal Crossword · Nov 11, 2025
8%
BADSNAP
*Problematic backward pass in football
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 4, 2025
8%
CRISSCROSS
Pattern for shoelaces or the starred clues' answers (forward and backward!)
Universal Crossword · Oct 24, 2025
8%
MASTER
Learn backward and forward
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 3, 2025
8%
YOGA
Lenovo laptop whose screen bends over backward
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 21, 2025
8%
EMIL
Name that's a sour fruit backward
Universal Crossword · Sep 16, 2025
8%
CABOT
Vermont creamery hidden backward in "back-to-back"
Universal Crossword · Sep 14, 2025
8%
KYRA
Name hidden backward in "Mary-Kate"
Universal Crossword · Sep 11, 2025
8%
RIA
Coastal inlet, or 27-Down backward
Universal Crossword · Sep 4, 2025
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LOVE
Word found backward in "benevolence"
Universal Crossword · Sep 2, 2025
8%
MAJA
Goya subject hidden backward in "Etta James"
Universal Crossword · Aug 31, 2025
8%
SOBE
Drink brand hidden backward in "Cake Boss"
Universal Crossword · Aug 26, 2025
8%
NOTSO
"You've got it backward"
Universal Crossword · Aug 20, 2025
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NOEL
"N" name that's an "L" name backward
Universal Crossword · Aug 2, 2025
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HSN
TV channel hidden backward in "open shop"
Universal Crossword · May 18, 2025
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DEB
Name that appears backward in the next clue
Universal Crossword · Apr 15, 2025
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ENO
Musician whose surname is a number backward
Universal Crossword · Mar 23, 2025
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ADUE
Musical term meaning "together" that's hidden backward in "feudalism"
Universal Crossword · Mar 17, 2025
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GUANO
Fertilizer hidden backward in "come to naught"
Universal Crossword · Jan 3, 2025
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PAT
Touch gently, when read forward or backward
Universal Crossword · Dec 30, 2024
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BEND
___ over backward (try hard)
Universal Crossword · Dec 29, 2024
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FAKIE
Ride __: roll backward while facing forward on a skateboard
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 29, 2024
8%
EDAM
Answer to the riddle "What cheese is made backward?"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 12, 2024
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RAE
Name that's a facial feature backward
Universal Crossword · Dec 8, 2024
8%
BAHT
Asian currency hidden backward in "worth a bundle"
Universal Crossword · Dec 8, 2024
8%
EEL
Fish that can swim backward
Universal Crossword · Nov 11, 2024
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EIRE
Name for Ireland that's a Great Lake backward
Universal Crossword · Sep 17, 2024
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IRIS
Flower that's 30-Across backward
Universal Crossword · Sep 13, 2024
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BENT
___ over backward (went to great lengths)
Universal Crossword · Sep 10, 2024
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PART
Divide with a comb
Universal Crossword · Jun 9, 2024
8%
JUMPTHROUGHHOOPS
Bend over backward, or what each set of circled letters is
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 22, 2024
8%
NAPE
Part shaded by a backward cap
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 24, 2024
8%
NED
Name that's a lair backward
Universal Crossword · Jan 17, 2024
8%
EIDER
Duck found backward in "ingredients"
Universal Crossword · Nov 3, 2023
8%
BRAHE
Astronomer whose name is found backward in "safe harbor"
Universal Crossword · Oct 19, 2023
8%
ENID
Name that's a synonym of "eat" backward
Universal Crossword · Aug 8, 2023
8%
LILLE
French city found backward in "Well, I'll be!"
Universal Crossword · Aug 4, 2023
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COMINGUPROSES
Turning out great, or the words hidden backward in 4-, 11-, 21- and 26-Down?
Universal Crossword · Jul 24, 2023
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KRIS
___ Kross ('90s rap duo known for wearing their pants backward)
Universal Crossword · Jul 8, 2023
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ORK
TV planet on which people age backward
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 1, 2023
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TAO
Philosophical principle that's 3-Down backward
Universal Crossword · Jun 11, 2023
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YAM
Tuber that's a month spelled backward
Universal Crossword · Apr 28, 2023
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COD
Fish hidden backward in "world oceans"
Universal Crossword · Apr 21, 2023
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EELS
Fish that can swim backward
Universal Crossword · Mar 2, 2023
8%
PUBLICRELATIONS
*Communications field in which you spin a tale? (Hint: An apt word appears backward in each starred clue's answer)
Universal Crossword · Dec 26, 2022
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TAKEPART
Capture, forward and backward?
Universal Crossword · Dec 2, 2022
8%
COLDWAR
Wintry, forward and backward?
Universal Crossword · Dec 2, 2022
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WHIRLPOOL
Circle, forward and backward?
Universal Crossword · Dec 2, 2022
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TANKTOP
Container, forward and backward?
Universal Crossword · Dec 2, 2022
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MONEYPIT
Payment, forward and backward?
Universal Crossword · Dec 2, 2022
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ENOS
Biblical name found backward in "plus-one"
Universal Crossword · Aug 16, 2022
1%
TRIO
Small jazz combo
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 17, 2026
1%
EYECREAM
Application that combats dark circles
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 27, 2026
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ORC
Battle of Helm's Deep combatant
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 9, 2026
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ASH
Product of incomplete combustion
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 9, 2026
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NONET
Largish combo
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 25, 2026
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CELLS
Honeycomb units
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 21, 2026
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ONETWO
Boxer's punch combo
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 30, 2026
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BONGO
Part of a Cuban combo
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 25, 2026
1%
MMA
UFC combat style
Universal Crossword · Apr 13, 2026
1%
TRIOS
Small combos
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 5, 2026
1%
MERGER
Corporate combination
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 29, 2026
1%
AFROPICKS
*Long-handled, long-toothed combs
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 18, 2026
1%
BOOSTERSHOT
Jab in a one-two combo?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 14, 2026
1%
OCTET
Largish jazz combo
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 26, 2026
1%
TACKLEBOXING
Sport that combines football and sparring?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 13, 2026
1%
BAGELSANDLOX
Fishy breakfast combo
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 3, 2026
1%
MELD
Canasta combination
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 14, 2026
1%
DEL
Ctrl-Alt-__: PC reboot combo
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 13, 2026
1%
HEXAGON
Honeycomb shape
Universal Crossword · Jan 10, 2026
1%
ALT
With 39-Across, window-hopping key combo
Universal Crossword · Jan 2, 2026
1%
MOCHA
Chocolate-coffee combo
Universal Crossword · Dec 19, 2025
1%
DOUBLEBILL
"Cav/Pag" opera combination, notably
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 29, 2025
1%
DRAGBRUNCH
Event that combines gender-bending performances and mimosas
Universal Crossword · Nov 29, 2025
1%
BACKBOARD
Support for a basket ... or what combines with either word in each starred clue's answer?
Universal Crossword · Nov 13, 2025
1%
CUPOFSOUP
Lunch combo component, perhaps
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 3, 2025
1%
ADDLE
Discombobulate
Universal Crossword · Oct 1, 2025
1%
CHORD
Guitarist's combination of notes
Universal Crossword · Sep 30, 2025
1%
KARATE
Hand-to-hand combat style
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 1, 2025
1%
SODA
Drink in a combo meal
Universal Crossword · Aug 18, 2025
1%
ALTOSAX
Jazz combo instrument
Universal Crossword · Aug 15, 2025
1%
ROYALRUMBLE
Wrestling event with a series of combatants
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 21, 2025
1%
TURF
Surf and ___ (combo entree)
Universal Crossword · Jul 8, 2025
1%
MCS
Rap battle combatants
Universal Crossword · Jun 15, 2025
1%
OCTO
Eight, in combinations
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 6, 2025
1%
MOREL
Mushroom with a honeycomb-like top
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 2, 2025
1%
ABASH
Discombobulate
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 13, 2025
1%
ONETWOS
Boxing combos
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Mar 15, 2025
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SALAD
Common part of a lunch combo
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 12, 2025
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BROASTED
Cooked by combining two methods
Premier Sunday Crossword · Feb 2, 2025
1%
SURF
Half a combo entree
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 2, 2025
1%
OTTOMANSET
Living room combo
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 25, 2025
1%
CELL
Honeycomb unit
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Dec 26, 2024
1%
AGING
What the Fountain of Youth combats
Universal Crossword · Dec 25, 2024
1%
MANI
With 50-Across, combo spa service
Universal Crossword · Nov 18, 2024
1%
SAX
Jazz combo instrument
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Nov 18, 2024
1%
EQUI
Same, in combinations
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 22, 2024
1%
BLENDEDLEARNING
Education style that combines online media with face-to-face teaching ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme
Universal Crossword · Sep 4, 2024
1%
MANIPEDI
Spa combo
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 30, 2024
1%
ALTOSAXES
*Some jazz combo instruments
Universal Crossword · Jul 8, 2024
1%
ASTAIRE
The "he" in "Rogers did everything he did ... backwards and in high heels"
Universal Crossword · May 31, 2024
1%
DAZE
Discombobulate
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 12, 2024
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CTRLP
Post-doc combo?
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 11, 2024
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ARMORS
Equips for combat
Universal Crossword · May 2, 2024
1%
ACES
Top combat pilots
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 29, 2024
1%
ROTI
Butter chicken ___ (Canadian dish that combines Indian cuisines)
Universal Crossword · Apr 21, 2024
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ATWAR
In combat
Premier Sunday Crossword · Apr 7, 2024
1%
DEERES
Some combines
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 20, 2024
1%
THUMBWAR
Hand-to-hand combat?
Universal Crossword · Feb 17, 2024
1%
CTRLV
PC paste combo
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 18, 2024
1%
PEDI
Second half of a spa combo
Universal Crossword · Nov 29, 2023
1%
SHELLYWINTERS
Beachcombers' off-season hopes?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 17, 2023
1%
HEATINDEX
"Feels like" figure that combines temperature and humidity
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 30, 2023
1%
FOODFIGHT
Cafeteria combat epitomized by the actions in 17-, 36-, and 42-Across?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 30, 2023
1%
CTRL
Key in a PC reboot combo
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 23, 2023
1%
ACRO
“Top” combining form?
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Aug 23, 2023
1%
STRINGTHEORY
Physics field combining relativity and quantum mechanics
Universal Crossword · Aug 19, 2023
1%
CTRLC
PC "copy" combo
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 2, 2023
1%
IHOP
Eatery with a "Happy Face" combo on the kids menu
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 21, 2023
1%
DUEL
Head-to-head combat
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 15, 2023
1%
AGILE
Likely to bend over backwards, maybe
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 15, 2023
1%
TENORSAX
Jazz combo instrument
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Jul 8, 2023
1%
DRUMS
Jazz combo set
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 27, 2023
1%
SHELLS
Beachcombing finds
Thomas Joseph Crossword · May 22, 2023
1%
ETHNO
Cultural, in combinations
Thomas Joseph Crossword · May 18, 2023
1%
TEASED
Back-combed
Universal Crossword · Apr 3, 2023
1%
LOGINS
Username/password combos
Universal Crossword · Mar 5, 2023
1%
TOETOTOE
In close combat
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 26, 2023
1%
DEERE
Name on combine harvesters
Universal Crossword · Dec 2, 2022
1%
AARP
Group that combats age discrimination
Universal Crossword · Dec 2, 2022
1%
WILD
Like uncombed hair
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 16, 2022
1%
ACETEN
Blackjack combo
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 12, 2022
1%
SEASHELL
Beachcombing prize
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 18, 2022
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HEMI
Kind of internal-combustion engine
Premier Sunday Crossword · Sep 11, 2022
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RANGE
Stove-top/oven combo
Universal Crossword · Aug 8, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many possible solutions does "Comb backward" have?
We found 1 exact solution and 143 total potential answers including similar clues. The most likely answer is TEASE (5 letters).
What is the best answer for "Comb backward"?
The best answer for "Comb backward" is TEASE with 5 letters. This answer has a 99% confidence rating based on our database of crossword solutions.
Where has "Comb backward" been used as a crossword clue?
This clue has appeared 1 time in our database. It has been featured in Universal Crossword. It was last seen in the Universal Crossword on May 16, 2021.
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