Loop
Crossword Clue & Answers

13 September 2022
Last seen in: Irish Independent - Simple

We found 22 answers for the crossword clue 'Loop', the most recent of which was seen in the Irish Independent - Simple.

This clue looks to be a standard clue as in it's a NON-CRYPTIC crossword based on the publications in which we have recently seen it.

We have given Loop a popularity rating of 'Very Common' because it has featured in a numerous crossword publications and has multiple answers.

As well as being a clue we've also seen Loop as an answer itself some 199 times.

Loop is a single word clue made up of 4 letters.

We most recently saw this clue in 'Irish Independent - Simple' on Thursday, 16 December 2021 with the answer being NOOSE, we also found NOOSE to be the most popular answer for this clue.

We've seen this clue in the following publications:

• Irish Independent - Simple - 16 Dec 2021
• Irish Independent - Simple - 29 Oct 2021
• Irish Independent - Simple - 22 Jul 2021
• The Guardian Quick - 18 Sep 2020
• Irish Independent - Simple - 6 May 2020
• Irish Independent - Simple - 8 Jan 2020

Definitions and usage

Before we get to our crossword answers for 'Loop', take a look at the definitions and example uses below, sometimes these help you think of different words or phrases that are common to 'Loop' and give you a hint.

• A flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane
• A complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates
• The topology of a network whose components are serially connected in such a way that the last component is connected to the first component
• A computer program that performs a series of instructions repeatedly until some specified condition is satisfied
• An inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan); "he's no longer in the loop"
• The basic pattern of the human fingerprint
• (computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated; "the solution took hundreds of iterations"
• Fasten or join with a loop; "He looped the watch through his belt"
• Move in loops; "The bicycle looped around the tree"
• Fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines
• Anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself)
• An intrauterine device in the shape of a loop
• Wind around something in coils or loops
• Fly loops, perform a loop; "the stunt pilot looped his plane"
• Make a loop in; "loop a rope"

Anagrams

We found 2 anagrams for the word 'Loop'.

• polo A game similar to field hockey but played on horseback using long-handled mallets and a wooden ball
• pool Any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets

Crossword Answers

3 Letters

BOW
Bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head; "He bowed before the King"; "She bowed her head in shame"

TAB

4 Letters

COIL
Make without a potter's wheel; "This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels"

CURL
Wind around something in coils or loops

RING
The sound of a bell ringing; "the distinctive ring of the church bell"; "the ringing of the telephone"; "the tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells"--E. A. Poe

5 Letters

BIGHT
The middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends)

NOOSE
A loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled

ORBIT
The bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball

6 Letters

CIRCLE
Movement once around a course; "he drove an extra lap just for insurance"

EYELET
A small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar

7 Letters

CIRCUIT
Movement once around a course; "he drove an extra lap just for insurance"

CRINGLE
Fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines

GROMMET
Fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines

GRUMMET
Fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines

8 Letters

CURLICUE
A short twisting line

ENCIRCLE
Bind with something round or circular

9 Letters

ENWREATHE

ITERATION
Doing or saying again; a repeated performance

10 Letters

INTERTWINE
Make lacework by knotting or looping

11 Letters

LOOPTHELOOP

12 Letters

LOOPTOPOLOGY
The topology of a network whose components are serially connected in such a way that the last component is connected to the first component

13 Letters

CLOSEDCIRCUIT
A complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates