Clues for the word "HORSE"
We've had 254 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 427 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Quick crossword on February 06, 2026.
Definition of horse
- n. - A hoofed quadruped of the genus Equus; especially, the domestic horse (E. caballus), which was domesticated in Egypt and Asia at a very early period. It has six broad molars, on each side of each jaw, with six incisors, and two canine teeth, both above and below. The mares usually have the canine teeth rudimentary or wanting. The horse differs from the true asses, in having a long, flowing mane, and the tail bushy to the base. Unlike the asses it has callosities, or chestnuts, on all its legs. The horse excels in strength, speed, docility, courage, and nobleness of character, and is used for drawing, carrying, bearing a rider, and like purposes.
- n. - The male of the genus horse, in distinction from the female or male; usually, a castrated male.
- n. - Mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- used without the plural termination; as, a regiment of horse; -- distinguished from foot.
- n. - A frame with legs, used to support something; as, a clotheshorse, a sawhorse, etc.
- n. - A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers were made to ride for punishment.
- n. - Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a horse; a hobby.
- n. - A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse -- said of a vein -- is to divide into branches for a distance.
- n. - See Footrope, a.
- a. - A breastband for a leadsman.
- a. - An iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon.
- a. - A jackstay.
- v. t. - To provide with a horse, or with horses; to mount on, or as on, a horse.
- v. t. - To sit astride of; to bestride.
- v. t. - To cover, as a mare; -- said of the male.
- v. t. - To take or carry on the back; as, the keeper, horsing a deer.
- v. t. - To place on the back of another, or on a wooden horse, etc., to be flogged; to subject to such punishment.
- v. i. - To get on horseback.
Referring Clues
- Gym apparatus
- Revolutionary soldier Light-___ Harry Lee
- Fool (around)
- Centaur, in part
- Mount
- Buggy power
- Gymnastics apparatus
- Simple basketball game
- Chestnut, e.g.
- ___ fly (pest of equines)
- Crazy ___ (Sioux leader)
- Neigh sayer
- Neigh-sayer
- Preakness entrant
- Steed
- Mister Ed, for one
- One taken for a ride
- Bag lunch eater?
- Cowboy's companion
- Play (around)
- Certain chess piece, informally
- Silver, for one
- Vaulter's apparatus
- Derby contender
- Knight's mount
- Fury or Flicka
- Kentucky Derby contender
- Buttermilk, to Dale Evans
- Derby competitor
- One with two pairs of shoes?
- Hoops game
- Arab, e.g.
- Saddle sporter
- "Giddyap!" obeyer
- Clydesdale or Appaloosa
- Oater ride
- Gymnast's equipment
- Basketball shooting game
- Buttermilk, e.g.
- Trigger, for one
- Word with trade or show
- Affirmed, e.g.
- Chinese zodiac animal
- Big Brown, e.g.
- Western transportation
- Kind of trader
- Champion, for one
- Word with hide or hair
- Black Beauty, e.g.
- Rodeo mount
- Steed or stallion
- Tout's pick
- Gymnastics item
- Jockey's mount
- Silver or Scout
- Cowboy's mount
- Gymnastics device
- Polo participant
- Gymnastics equipment
- Gymnastics fixture
- Clydesdale, e.g.
- Stable occupant
- It may be taken for a ride
- Type of opera
- Old-time transportation
- Palomino or Clydesdale
- Hoops game for two
- America's had no name
- Revolutionary War transportation
- Bay, say
- It could follow the first word of 17-, 24-, 50- and 61-Across
- Groom's responsibility
- Word with saw or sea
- Silver was one
- Gymnast's apparatus
- Basketball game
- Word to add to 20-, 37- and 54-Across to make sense of the answers
- Trigger, e.g.
- Dressage trainee
- Racetrack runner
- Neigh sayer?
- Vet patient
- "Giddyup!" obeyer
- Before play or opera
- Basketball game that may feature trick shots
- Certain steed
- Silver in old Westerns
- Contender in the Belmont
- Equine
- Plains animal
- Scenery chewers
- Belgian, perhaps
- ____sense
- Derby entrant
- Gymnastic apparatus
- Quick Draw McGraw, e.g.
- Stagecoach puller
- Stallion or mare
- Thoroughbred
- Stable animal
- Stable resident
- Basketball challenge game
- Pimlico entrant
- Equine animal
- Derby racer
- Act rowdily
- Pommel ___
- Pommel ___
- Triple Crown winner
- What 25-Across is
- It has two pairs of shoes?
- Cayuse
- Gymnastics staple
- Stallion
- ___ trade
- Part of Ferrari's logo
- Silver in movies
- Preakness, e.g.
- Basketball game that involves spelling
- Groom's charge
- Neigh sayer (and a word that can follow the starts of 17-, 25-, 44-, and 57-Across)
- Animal with shoes
- Silver on the silver screen
- Palomino or pinto
- Transportation in a western
- Carriage puller
- One with a bag lunch?
- Game sometimes played near a garage
- *See 29-Across
- Silver, e.g.
- Mustang or Pinto
- Word with play or trade
- Racing equine
- Mess (around)
- Ferrari symbol
- You can bet on it
- Thoroughbred, e.g.
- Animal with a sore throat, from the sound of it
- Arabian or Percheron
- Buggy puller
- Racetrack animal
- Derby hopeful
- Kentucky Derby entrant
- Game that may involve complicated shots
- Cowboy's ride
- Saddled animal
- Carousel mount
- American Pharoah, e.g.
- Kentucky Derby racer
- Scout, to Tonto
- Belmont Stakes racer
- Palomino, e.g.
- Piebald
- Epsom Downs racer
- "The ___ Whisperer": 1998 Redford film
- Mare or colt
- Churchill Downs entrant
- Cavalry mount
- Kingdom's worth, to Richard III
- Charley ___
- Derby entry
- Oat-eater
- Farm animal
- Something swallowed in the nursery rhyme
- Animal that's often ridden
- Animal ridden in polo
- Arab, for example
- Bay, for example, some authors entered
- Equine mammal
- George Harrison "Dark ___"
- Animal with withers
- Wallflowers hit album "Bringing Down the ___"
- "Where rocking ___ people eat marshmallow pies"
- Animal
- Animal - husky, say?
- A number of hands up this jumper?
- Cavalry - gymnastic apparatus
- See 13
- What finally achieved breakthrough for investment - offshore?
- Husky is said to be a large creature
- Stockings getting runs in clothes drier
- Animal featuring in the sport of kings
- Animal put on dark work clothes, etc
- Smack the pony
- Well-shod, she (or he, perhaps) might be a winner
- Sixth or seventh part of an animal
- Bucephalus, for one
- The Pie in "National Velvet," notably
- Water supply about right for the one you can take to it
- Drug mule's mother
- See 20
- Animal outside front of embassy
- Steed outside close to Gale
- See special instructions
- See 24
- In which good shots come out with boodle and girl, and poor with hearse
- 10 1, perhaps, from 21 29
- Swimming fish, or else biting insects
- Word that can follow the first parts of 17- and 55-Across and 10- and 24-Down
- "Giddyap!" animal
- An animal some authors entertain
- Stagecoach team member
- Cowboy's animal companion
- Roan or sorrel
- With 31-Across, big biting insect
- Dressage creature
- Charley's animal?
- Ride provider
- Common equine
- Mustang, e.g.
- Mare
- Carousel carving
- Scratch sheet listing
- Lady Godiva's ride
- Generic mount
- Neigh sayer?
- Belmont Stakes entrant
- Pony
- Quadruped known for its power
- With 32-Down, shrewd bargaining
- Knight in chess, essentially
- Classic tandem costume
- Stable presence
- Surprise winner
- Driveway hoops game
- Hoops game named after an animal
- See 9 Across
- Half of a centaur
- Drug mule's relative?
- Arabian, for one
- Charger
- Sixth or seventh extract for animal
- Centaur's bottom half
- 28-Down entrant
- Chinese zodiac beast
- Playground game with hoops
- Animal in a stable
- Carousel animal
- Secretariat, e.g.
- Vaulting-block
- Mr. Ed, of course!
- Mare or stallion
- Animal measured in hands
- "Iliad" gift
- Animal that gallops
- Equestrian's animal
- Animal that says "neigh"
- The emperor Caligula wanted to name his a consul, in legend
- Animal on the cover of "Cowboy Carter"
- Basketball game where missed shots mean earned letters
- Seabiscuit, for one
- Stable neigh-bor
- Stable creature
- One might be mounted
Last Seen In
- Daily Quick - February 06, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 15, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 13, 2026
- Mirror Daily - December 19, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 30, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - October 29, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 26, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 29, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - September 28, 2025
- New York Times - September 03, 2025
- LA Times - August 13, 2025
- Daily Quick - August 13, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 13, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 29, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 20, 2025
- USA Today - March 15, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 25, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - February 24, 2025
- USA Today - February 18, 2025
- USA Today - February 10, 2025
- Daily American - February 02, 2025
- LA Times - February 02, 2025
- LA Times - January 28, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 27, 2025
- USA Today - January 24, 2025
- USA Today - January 13, 2025
- New York Times - January 05, 2025
- Mirror Mini - December 20, 2024
- Mirror Daily - December 20, 2024
- Mirror Daily - November 17, 2024
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