The Clue
Pitches woo (8 letter answer)
The Answer
ROMANCES
Tags
Notes
The answer ROMANCES is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Related Clues
Courts
Woos
Definition
ROMANCE as a noun:
1. (love affair, romance) = a relationship between two lovers
2. (romanticism, romance) = an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)
3. (Romance, Romance language, Latinian language) = the group of languages derived from Latin
4. (love story, romance) = a story dealing with love
5. a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life
ROMANCE as a verb:
1. (woo, court, romance, solicit) = make amorous advances towards; "John is courting Mary"
2. have a love affair with
3. (chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash) = talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
4. tell romantic or exaggerated lies; "This author romanced his trip to an exotic country"