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When two fairly matched giraffes raced, they were ...

Last seen in Universal Crossword April 2, 2024 Answers

The clue "When two fairly matched giraffes raced, they were ..." from the Universal Crossword crossword on April 2, 2024 has 183 potential solutions in our records. After analysing answer patterns across thousands of puzzles, we're 99% confident that NECKANDNECK (11 letters) is the correct answer. Check the full list of possibilities ranked by confidence below.

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183 Other Potential Answers

99%
NECKANDNECK
When two fairly matched giraffes raced, they were ...
Universal Crossword · Apr 2, 2024
4%
LAPS
They disappear when people stand
Universal Crossword · Jul 12, 2025
4%
DASHLIGHTS
When they turn on, it is time to see a mechanic
Universal Crossword · Jun 27, 2025
4%
ALIBI
"They were with me all day," e.g.
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 26, 2025
2%
ABANDONSHIP
"Everyone in the water!," or when parsed differently, what can be found in each set of circled words
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 26, 2026
2%
PANDA
Bamboo-loving bear, or, when parsed in three parts, a feature of the answers to the starred clues
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 18, 2026
2%
SMOCK
Recommended garment when using glitter glue
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 18, 2026
2%
BLACKJACK
Reply when Mr. Nicholson asks, "How do you like your coffee?"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 13, 2026
2%
FINEART
Reply when Mr. Garfunkel asks how everyone is doing?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 13, 2026
2%
ELECTRICITYBILL
Reply when Mr. Nye asks why there are so many wind turbines?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 13, 2026
2%
COOLCAT
Reply when Ms. Deeley mentions her new TV gig?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 13, 2026
2%
DITTOMARK
Reply when Mr. Hamill says, "May the Force be with you"?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 13, 2026
2%
ROMEOROMEO
Juliet's response when her love asks what city is as eternal as their bond?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 17, 2026
2%
UTILEUTILE
Helpful draw when trying to play a Q word in Scrabble?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 17, 2026
2%
DOORSTEP
Dance move performed when entering a room?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 9, 2026
2%
EVEN
Equally matched
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 28, 2026
2%
TAY
Swift, to Swifties, when doubled
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 22, 2026
2%
WHERE
"__ were we?"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 5, 2026
2%
NOON
Time when shadows are shortest
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 30, 2026
2%
YOU
"If I were __ ... "
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 17, 2026
2%
POKERNIGHT
Evening when one hopes to get a good deal, and when one might hear the starts of 18-, 23-, 37-, and 47-Across
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 6, 2026
2%
GAIN
Choice when the Tide runs out?
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 3, 2026
2%
LETEM
"Who cares if they do"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 26, 2026
2%
SIDESADDLE
Equestrian style, or, when parsed differently, a three-part instruction for making 19 clues in this puzzle match their answers
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 24, 2026
2%
LETSPLAYITBYEAR
"We'll cross that bridge when we get there"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 11, 2026
2%
OLDCHUM
Buddy from way back when
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 9, 2026
2%
INITIALPHASE
(Letters 6-10 of this answer) testing, when checking software
Universal Crossword · Apr 6, 2026
2%
SHOUT
Holler, or when parsed differently, an alternate title for this puzzle
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 5, 2026
2%
BEE
One goes "zzub" when flying backward, in a joke
Universal Crossword · Apr 1, 2026
2%
OUGHT
"Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ___ to have it." (Langston Hughes)
Universal Crossword · Mar 30, 2026
2%
SHE
___/they pronouns
Universal Crossword · Mar 21, 2026
2%
CARSTEREOS
What people connect their phones to when they're "on aux"
Universal Crossword · Mar 17, 2026
2%
ITSAMETHING
"I'm quirky like that," or, when parsed differently, what can be said of 17-, 30-, and 48-Across
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 16, 2026
2%
EGGS
"After working all day, the hens were ___-hausted" (dad joke)
Universal Crossword · Mar 15, 2026
2%
SLUR
Miss a few letters when speaking
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 15, 2026
2%
SNOW
Flakes when it's cold outside
Universal Crossword · Mar 12, 2026
2%
MISSPEAK
Reply "You, too" when wished "Happy Birthday," probably
Universal Crossword · Mar 9, 2026
2%
WOW
"How did they do that!?"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 15, 2026
2%
COMEOUTEVENING
Night when one leaves the closet?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 13, 2026
2%
HEARMEOUT
"Just listen to what I have to say," and a hint to a sound you must ignore when reading each starred clue's answer
Universal Crossword · Jan 30, 2026
2%
KNEES
Joints used when cycling
Universal Crossword · Jan 29, 2026
2%
ELSE
Word after "who," "when," "where," "what" or "why"
Universal Crossword · Jan 20, 2026
2%
ARE
It goes by "they"
Universal Crossword · Jan 19, 2026
2%
YOYOS
They're wound up before they sleep!
Universal Crossword · Jan 16, 2026
2%
APR
Mo. when CPAs work overtime
Universal Crossword · Jan 5, 2026
2%
CONFUSIONRESTAURANT
Bistro where diners rarely get what they order?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 4, 2026
2%
SLEEPERCAR
Where you might move when you retire?
Universal Crossword · Dec 27, 2025
2%
LET
___ the chips fall where they may
Universal Crossword · Dec 26, 2025
2%
SHOES
“If I were in your __ ... ”
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 21, 2025
2%
WHEREON
“Infected be the air __ they ride”: Macbeth
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 21, 2025
2%
ISTHATYOU
Question when trying to recognize someone
Universal Crossword · Dec 13, 2025
2%
EMPTYNEST
What's left when kids go to college
Universal Crossword · Dec 11, 2025
2%
CONVERSIONFACTOR
Consideration when switching religions?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 23, 2025
2%
DOSA
Pancake that becomes a drink when its first and third letters are switched
Universal Crossword · Nov 20, 2025
2%
ETA
Best guess as to when, initially
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 19, 2025
2%
WHATABURGER
Texas-based fast-food chain ... or what one may exclaim when the ends of 16-, 24-, 39- and 48-Across are assembled
Universal Crossword · Nov 18, 2025
2%
DRESS
Garment whose colors were hotly debated in 2015
Universal Crossword · Nov 11, 2025
2%
ANIL
Name that becomes a world capital when bookended by "M" and "A"
Universal Crossword · Nov 9, 2025
2%
GETAROOM
Comment when things are heating up
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 8, 2025
2%
OVENMITT
Protection when things are heating up
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 8, 2025
2%
SWAMI
Hindu title that becomes a sentence when its last letter is made first
Universal Crossword · Nov 6, 2025
2%
VILLAINERA
Phase when one stops being a pushover
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 1, 2025
2%
HELISKIERS
They take a flight before they schuss
Universal Crossword · Oct 31, 2025
2%
BOOP
Silly sound made when touching a dog's nose
Universal Crossword · Oct 20, 2025
2%
AHA
Cry when something clicks
Universal Crossword · Oct 11, 2025
2%
SALTYLANGUAGE
Sailor's foul words ... or 17-, 24-, 54- and 64-Across, based on four letters they all contain?
Universal Crossword · Oct 6, 2025
2%
ZOOS
Places to see giraffes and jaguars
Universal Crossword · Oct 3, 2025
2%
WONTON
Chinese dumpling that's best when crispy, in my opinion
Universal Crossword · Sep 14, 2025
2%
OMAR
Name that becomes a tomato type when its last letter is moved to the front
Universal Crossword · Sep 12, 2025
2%
ENERO
Month when it's not chilly in Chile
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 12, 2025
2%
WELCOMESILVERBACK
*Primate habitat banner when the zoo acquires a new gorilla?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 7, 2025
2%
AHEADOF
Leading, or, when parsed differently, what can lead into the starts of the answers to the starred clues
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 3, 2025
2%
OLD
"I was today years __ when ... "
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 26, 2025
2%
ISPEPSIOKAY
Server's question when there's no Coke
Universal Crossword · Aug 16, 2025
2%
SUFFIX
Less, when added?
Universal Crossword · Aug 11, 2025
2%
TANTALUS
He was tormented with food and water that were just out of reach
Universal Crossword · Aug 6, 2025
2%
TABLEFORONE
Request when dining solo
Universal Crossword · Aug 3, 2025
2%
TEXT
"___ me when you get home!"
Universal Crossword · Aug 3, 2025
2%
TIMER
One may buzz when it hits 0
Universal Crossword · Jul 31, 2025
2%
AGE
19, for Adele, when her album "19" came out
Universal Crossword · Jul 28, 2025
2%
FIRSTIMPRESSION
Opinion formed when shaking hands, perhaps
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 21, 2025
2%
UVINDEX
You might apply extra sunscreen when it's high
Universal Crossword · Jul 13, 2025
2%
CHARGE
What electric cars do when plugged in
Universal Crossword · Jul 12, 2025
2%
EOCENE
Epoch when mammals arose
Universal Crossword · Jul 2, 2025
2%
ONSTANDBY
Ready when needed
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 24, 2025
2%
AMY
Name that becomes a month when its first two letters are swapped
Universal Crossword · Jun 21, 2025
2%
ELECT
Word that becomes a synonym when "s" is added to the front
Universal Crossword · Jun 15, 2025
2%
LBOMB
Word dropped when things are getting serious, informally
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 1, 2025
2%
MISPLAYED
Made a wrong move, say ... or when parsed differently, a hint to the starred clues' answers
Universal Crossword · May 27, 2025
2%
ONEDAYATATIME
"Relax and take things as they come"
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 27, 2025
2%
CTRLS
PC shortcut employed when creating a draft
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 22, 2025
2%
GREMLINS
Movie creatures that multiply if they get wet
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 20, 2025
2%
RAINOFRICE
The weather forecast Snap, Crackle, and Pop were hoping for?
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 11, 2025
2%
LADTOSEEYOU
Intercom message when a young boy arrives at the office?
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 11, 2025
2%
BLINDSPOT
Driver's concern when merging
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 6, 2025
2%
RAILPASS
*Purchase when planning a train tour
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 28, 2025
2%
ORSOIHEAR
"At least that's what they say"
Universal Crossword · Apr 27, 2025
2%
MATE
Word you don't want to hear when playing chess
Universal Crossword · Apr 27, 2025
2%
ALITTLE
With 108-Across, instruction given to a barber, or how the answers to the starred clues were literally formed
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 27, 2025
2%
GRATER
Gadget that a waiter may use until you say "when"
Universal Crossword · Apr 26, 2025
2%
CHOKE
Fail when it matters most
Universal Crossword · Apr 24, 2025
2%
GETITOFF
Squeal when a bug lands in one's hair
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 24, 2025
2%
TENSESUP
Stiffens ... or, when parsed differently, what the answers to the starred clues collectively have?
Universal Crossword · Apr 17, 2025
2%
ONCE
Way back when
Universal Crossword · Apr 14, 2025
2%
JOINHANDS
Instruction before a group prayer, or, when parsed differently, an apt description of what 18-, 24-, 51-, and 59-Across do
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 3, 2025
2%
JUSTBROWSING
"Only window shopping," and what one might say when using the starts of 20-, 31-, and 46-Across
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 31, 2025
2%
RATIO
Consideration when halving or doubling a recipe
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 28, 2025
2%
QANDA
Time when audiences are engaged, briefly
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 22, 2025
2%
SAY
"That's what they ___"
Universal Crossword · Mar 20, 2025
2%
ILLBEHERE
"Come find me when you're ready"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 20, 2025
2%
THERESNOIINTEAM
"Think of the other players when you're on the field!"
Universal Crossword · Mar 18, 2025
2%
EREMATTRESSES
Time when everyone woke up achy and sore?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 14, 2025
2%
HASTE
Waste maker, they say
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Mar 10, 2025
2%
ILLTAKEONE
Possible response when offered a breath mint
Universal Crossword · Mar 9, 2025
2%
WORD
Scrabble play, or, when parsed in three parts, a hint to the switch featured in this puzzle's longest answers
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 9, 2025
2%
DRUMSOLOS
Stretches of concerts when the hits keep coming?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 8, 2025
2%
WELCOMETOMY
With 59-Across, what one might say when entering the starts of 16-, 24-, and 38-Across?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 3, 2025
2%
IHADTO
"What other choices were there?"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 1, 2025
2%
SHOWPONY
*Performer who isn't as talented as they appear to be
Universal Crossword · Feb 28, 2025
2%
NOTONMYWATCH
Response to someone saying "It's 3:00" when you can see it's 4:00?
Universal Crossword · Feb 24, 2025
2%
MAKECONCESSIONS
Compromise, or what solvers do when filling in the first words of 17-, 23-, 40-, and 51-Across?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 20, 2025
2%
HOMESECURITYSYSTEM
What the Reds had when Johnny Bench was behind the plate?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 16, 2025
2%
DARNGOOD
*The seamster said that when it comes to patching a hole, you must know how to ...
Universal Crossword · Feb 13, 2025
2%
TOSEA
"They went __ in a Sieve, they did": Lear
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 6, 2025
2%
MERGEAHEAD
"Road narrows" sign, or when read as three words, an apt description of what 17-, 26-, and 43-Across do
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 4, 2025
2%
ISAW
"We were all there"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 29, 2025
2%
LINE
What to say when one doesn't know what to say?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 25, 2025
2%
AINT
"Everybody got they cups, but they ___ chipped in" (Snoop Dogg)
Universal Crossword · Jan 21, 2025
2%
THATSAFIRST
"Just when I thought I'd seen everything!" (In this answer, note the first 2 letters + the last 4 letters)
Universal Crossword · Jan 20, 2025
2%
ISTANDCORRECTED
"You were right"
Universal Crossword · Jan 19, 2025
2%
WORKINGMYWAYBACKTOU
What I am doing when spelling out six long answers in this puzzle?
Premier Sunday Crossword · Jan 12, 2025
2%
RABBITHOLE
What someone may go down when searching the internet
Universal Crossword · Jan 11, 2025
2%
ALAS
"Oh, were it not true!"
Universal Crossword · Jan 8, 2025
2%
BIGPOPPA
1994 hit whose title is rapped after "I love it when you call me"
Universal Crossword · Jan 4, 2025
2%
PAT
Touch gently, when read forward or backward
Universal Crossword · Dec 30, 2024
2%
BRAGGINGRIGHTS
Winner's privilege ... or the ends of 15-, 30-, 37- and 46-Across, when read in order?
Universal Crossword · Dec 30, 2024
2%
BADMOODS
States you might be in when saying 24-Across
Universal Crossword · Dec 23, 2024
2%
BISON
Answer to the joke, "What did the buffalo say when his boy left for college?"
Universal Crossword · Dec 18, 2024
2%
EVER
"... and they all lived happily __ after"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 17, 2024
2%
ITSBEENREAL
"Good times were had!"
Universal Crossword · Dec 13, 2024
2%
AGAMEOFHORNETS
What’s being played when Charlotte’s NBA team is on the court?
Premier Sunday Crossword · Dec 8, 2024
2%
AREYOUOKAY
Question when checking on a friend ... or a hint to two pairs of letters in 17-, 30- or 43-Across
Universal Crossword · Dec 2, 2024
1%
AURORABOREALIS
Solar-powered lighting?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 19, 2026
1%
PACED
Retraced one's steps, in a way
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 5, 2026
1%
HAND
Appendage often traced to draw a turkey in art class
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 3, 2026
1%
OTO
Many a Chiwere language student
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 23, 2026
1%
BOBSLED
Gravity-powered racer
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 18, 2026
1%
RSVPED
Answered, in a way
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 19, 2026
1%
OUCH
Reply to "I'm sure they'll be fine without you," perhaps
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 12, 2026
1%
UNFIT
Not well-matched
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 21, 2026
1%
HOWDOYOULIKE
With 59-Across, rhetorical taunt, or a question answered by the ends of 17-, 23-, and 37-Across
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 5, 2026
1%
TRAMS
Carriers powered by pantographs and overhead lines
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 30, 2026
1%
OTOE
Chiwere speaker
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 25, 2026
1%
ORBIT
It's traced in space
Universal Crossword · Apr 11, 2026
1%
ACME
Maker of jet-powered pogo sticks, in cartoons
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 30, 2026
1%
KAZOO
Hum-powered instrument
Universal Crossword · Mar 16, 2026
1%
PEDICAB
Human-powered taxi
Universal Crossword · Feb 28, 2026
1%
WHATSSHAKIN
"How goes it?," or a question that could be answered by 17-, 25-, 36-, and 53-Across
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 24, 2026
1%
SEAT
Bike part that can be raised and lowered
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 16, 2026
1%
DOCTORWHO
Longtime British sci-fi show, or a question answered by the end of 16-, 25- or 45-Across
Universal Crossword · Feb 6, 2026
1%
FOB
Battery-powered key
Universal Crossword · Jan 27, 2026
1%
TABLEREAD
Way of checking lines after they're cast?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 29, 2025
1%
SLEDRIDES
Winter trips powered by dogs
Universal Crossword · Nov 20, 2025
1%
SCAPEGOATS
They're unfairly blamed
Universal Crossword · Nov 1, 2025
1%
SATAYS
Skewered Thai dishes
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 26, 2025
1%
METALMARIO
Silver-colored, powered-up Nintendo character
Universal Crossword · Oct 18, 2025
1%
LOOMED
Towered (over)
Universal Crossword · Oct 6, 2025
1%
IDONTASK
"It's best left unanswered"
Universal Crossword · Oct 5, 2025
1%
PIGEONHOLE
Categorize unfairly
Universal Crossword · Sep 20, 2025
1%
THERACEISON
"And they're off!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 20, 2025
1%
SATAY
Skewered dish with peanut sauce
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 11, 2025
1%
PUN
"I don't trust stairs because they're always up to something," e.g.
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 24, 2025
1%
SKEW
Present unfairly
Universal Crossword · Jul 23, 2025
1%
EBIKES
Battery-powered two-wheelers
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Apr 21, 2025
1%
FIREMARIO
Powered-up Nintendo character who brings the heat?
Universal Crossword · Apr 13, 2025
1%
KEBABS
Skewered entrees
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Apr 4, 2025
1%
BATHINGSUITS
High-powered attorneys vacation at the Yellowstone Hot Springs?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 23, 2025
1%
ENID
"Wednesday" werewolf
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 15, 2025
1%
LUCID
Like dreams where the dreamer knows they're dreaming
Universal Crossword · Jan 12, 2025
1%
REDUCED
Lowered
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Dec 26, 2024
1%
SIRI
Phone answerer
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Dec 20, 2024
1%
EGO
Big name in battery-powered lawn equipment
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 20, 2024
1%
RACETOTHEBOTTOM
Snowball effect caused by lowered standards
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 14, 2024

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How many possible solutions does "When two fairly matched giraffes raced, they were ..." have?
We found 1 exact solution and 183 total potential answers including similar clues. The most likely answer is NECKANDNECK (11 letters).
What is the best answer for "When two fairly matched giraffes raced, they were ..."?
The best answer for "When two fairly matched giraffes raced, they were ..." is NECKANDNECK with 11 letters. This answer has a 99% confidence rating based on our database of crossword solutions.
Where has "When two fairly matched giraffes raced, they were ..." been used as a crossword clue?
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