Clues for the word "TABBY"
We've had 36 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 99 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on October 23, 2025.
Definition of tabby
- n. - A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering.
- n. - A mixture of lime with shells, gravel, or stones, in equal proportions, with an equal proportion of water. When dry, this becomes as hard as rock.
- n. - A brindled cat; hence, popularly, any cat.
- n. - An old maid or gossip.
- a. - Having a wavy or watered appearance; as, a tabby waistcoat.
- a. - Brindled; diversified in color; as, a tabby cat.
- v. t. - To water; to cause to look wavy, by the process of calendering; to calender; as, to tabby silk, mohair, ribbon, etc.
Referring Clues
- Cat, informally
- Striped cat
- Housecat
- Tom's mate
- Certain housecat
- Domestic cat
- Meow maker
- Cat with a mottled coat
- Puss
- Brindled cat
- Domesticated cat, informally
- Striped housecat
- Striped pet
- Domestic female 1-Across
- Meower
- Feline nickname
- Striped house cat
- Pet feline
- Cat
- Feline name
- Nickname for a 35-Down
- Kitty nickname
- Cat upset by bat
- East Ender's stray baby cat
- Bat flying up past a cat
- Mottled and striped grey or brownish cat
- Cat with grey or brown streaks or patches
- Tom's mate?
- 17 flap to purchase, we hear
- Garfield, e.g.
- Striped feline
- Catlike!
- Catty name for a tow-headed baby, perhaps?
- Calico cousin
- Cat or bat flying wildly past
- Striped lap warmer
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 23, 2025
- Your Life Choices - August 22, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - June 25, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - June 01, 2025
- Daily American - May 20, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - February 20, 2025
- Daily American - January 01, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - December 15, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - October 13, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - August 30, 2024
- Your Life Choices - August 26, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 10, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - June 25, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - March 14, 2024
- Daily American - January 16, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - December 15, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - November 27, 2023
- USA Today - October 24, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - October 15, 2023
- Your Life Choices - August 25, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - August 24, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - August 19, 2023
- Daily American - May 20, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 30, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - March 08, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - February 28, 2023
- LA Times - February 16, 2023
- Daily American - January 01, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - December 15, 2022
- Mindfood Daily - December 14, 2022
- And in 69 more crossword puzzles...