The Clue
Goes stealthily (6 letter answer)
The Answer
STALKS
Tags
Notes
The answer STALKS is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1600 puzzles.
Related Clues
Pursues
Straws
Follows illegally
Menaces, in a way
Pursues prey
Pursues stealthily
Thick stems
Definition
STALK as a noun:
1. (chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble) = material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
2. (stalk, stem) = a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
3. (stalk, stalking, still hunt) = a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush
4. (stalk, stalking) = the act of following prey stealthily
5. (stalk, angry walk) = a stiff or threatening gait
STALK as a verb:
1. walk stiffly
2. (haunt, stalk) = follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to; "her ex-boyfriend stalked her"; "the ghost of her mother haunted her"
3. go through (an area) in search of prey; "stalk the woods for deer"