Crossword-Solution: SHARP 5 letters, 265 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 10

Dictionary

Word	Word Type	Definition
Sharp	superl.	Having a very thin edge or fine point; of a nature to cut or pierce easily; not blunt or dull; keen.
Sharp	superl.	Terminating in a point or edge; not obtuse or rounded; somewhat pointed or edged; peaked or ridged; as, a sharp hill; sharp features.
Sharp	superl.	Affecting the sense as if pointed or cutting, keen, penetrating, acute: to the taste or smell, pungent, acid, sour, as ammonia has a sharp taste and odor; to the hearing, piercing, shrill, as a sharp sound or voice; to the eye, instantaneously brilliant, dazzling, as a sharp flash.
Sharp	superl.	High in pitch; acute; as, a sharp note or tone.
Sharp	superl.	Raised a semitone in pitch; as, C sharp (C/), which is a half step, or semitone, higher than C.
Sharp	superl.	So high as to be out of tune, or above true pitch; as, the tone is sharp; that instrument is sharp. Opposed in all these senses to flat.
Sharp	superl.	Very trying to the feelings; piercing; keen; severe; painful; distressing; as, sharp pain, weather; a sharp and frosty air.
Sharp	superl.	Cutting in language or import; biting; sarcastic; cruel; harsh; rigorous; severe; as, a sharp rebuke.
Sharp	superl.	Of keen perception; quick to discern or distinguish; having nice discrimination; acute; penetrating; sagacious; clever; as, a sharp eye; sharp sight, hearing, or judgment.
Sharp	superl.	Eager in pursuit; keen in quest; impatient for gratification; keen; as, a sharp appetite.
Sharp	superl.	Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.
Sharp	superl.	Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interest; close and exact in dealing; shrewd; as, a sharp dealer; a sharp customer.
Sharp	superl.	Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty; as, sharp sand.
Sharp	superl.	Steep; precipitous; abrupt; as, a sharp ascent or descent; a sharp turn or curve.
Sharp	superl.	Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone, without voice, as certain consonants, such as p, k, t, f; surd; nonvocal; aspirated.
Sharp	adv.	To a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply.
Sharp	adv.	Precisely; exactly; as, we shall start at ten o'clock sharp.
Sharp	n.	A sharp tool or weapon.
Sharp	n.	The character [/] used to indicate that the note before which it is placed is to be raised a half step, or semitone, in pitch.
Sharp	n.	A sharp tone or note.
Sharp	n.	A portion of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
Sharp	n.	A sewing needle having a very slender point; a needle of the most pointed of the three grades, blunts, betweens, and sharps.
Sharp	n.	Same as Middlings, 1.
Sharp	n.	An expert.
Sharp	v. t.	To sharpen.
Sharp	v. t.	To raise above the proper pitch; to elevate the tone of; especially, to raise a half step, or semitone, above the natural tone.
Sharp	v. i.	To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.
Sharp	v. i.	To sing above the proper pitch.

Anagrams

Word		Anagrams
SHARP	anagram	HARPS, PHARS, PRAHS, RHAPS

We have 265 clues for the answer “SHARP”

Clue	Answers
"Nutmeg Tree" author	1 answer
"Vanity Fair" protagonist Becky ___	1 answer
#, in a key signature	1 answer
#, on a music score	1 answer
#, on a score	1 answer
#, on scores	1 answer
*Pointed ... and the end of the word ladder	1 answer
A little high	1 answer
A little high in music class?	1 answer
A little too high	1 answer
Above normal pitch	1 answer
Above pitch	1 answer
Above what is orally correct	1 answer
Accidental, in music	1 answer
Acerbic, as wit	1 answer
Astute or acute	1 answer
Becky ___ of "Vanity Fair"	1 answer
Becky ___, Thackeray minx	1 answer
Cheddar specification	1 answer
Cheddar style	1 answer
Cheddar type	1 answer
Cheese adjective	1 answer
Cheesy adjective	1 answer
Clearly defined; note	1 answer
Company begun as the first maker of mechanical pencils	1 answer
Cutting; acidic	1 answer
Flat's counterpart	1 answer
Flat's musical counterpart	1 answer
Good for cutting with	1 answer
Having a well-honed cutting edge	1 answer
In perfect focus	1 answer
In shape, as a boxer	1 answer
Keen-edged	1 answer
Kind of dresser	1 answer
Like a dagger	1 answer
Like a good Knife	1 answer
Like a honed knife	1 answer
Like a knife's edge	1 answer
Like a tack	1 answer
Like a useful knife	1 answer
Like aged cheddar	1 answer
Like honed knives	1 answer
Like most knives	1 answer
Like provolone piccante	1 answer
Like pungent cheese	1 answer
Like some aged cheddar	1 answer
Like some cheddars	1 answer
Like some wits or cheeses	1 answer
Like the cutting edge	1 answer
Like vampire fangs	1 answer

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Hint 1 meaning

One who, or that which, eats.

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greedy person

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Unscramble SHARP 5-letter words that start with S 5-letter words that end in P 5-letter words containing HA 5-letter words containing RP 5-letter words with S and H

Sentences with SHARP (5)

All are keeping a sharp look-out in front, but none suspects that the danger may be creeping up from behind.

Peter Pan James M. Barrie 1991

For hot, cold, moist, and dry, four Champions fierce Strive here for Maistrie, and to Battel bring Thir embryon Atoms; they around the flag Of each his faction, in thir several Clanns, Light-arm’d or heavy, sharp, smooth, swift or slow, Swarm populous, unnumber’d as the Sands Of _Barca_ or _Cyrene’s_ torrid soil, Levied to side with warring Winds, and poise Thir lighter wings.

Paradise Lost John Milton 1991

The Wolf, having shown himself an apt pupil, said to the Shepherd, “Since you have taught me to steal, you must keep a sharp lookout, or you will lose some of your own flock.” The Father and His Two Daughters A MAN had two daughters, the one married to a gardener, and the other to a tile-maker.

Aesop’s Fables Aesop 2000

His presence was painful; his eye flashed confusion; and seldom was his sharp, shrill voice heard, without producing horror and trembling in their ranks.

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass 1992

Against all this, Youth, Flaming like the wild roses, Singing like the larks over the plowed fields, Flashing like a star out of the twilight; Youth with its insupportable sweetness, Its fierce necessity, Its sharp desire, Singing and singing, Out of the lips of silence, Out of the earthy dusk.

O Pioneers! Willa Cather 1991

Quotes with SHARP (3)

Whether a thought is spoken or not it is a real thing and it has power," Tuek said. "You might find the line between life and death among the Fremen to be too sharp and quick.

Frank Herbert Dune

I swear, my dear. Sometimes our conversations remind me of a broken sword." She raised an eyebrow." Sharp as hell," Lightsong said, "but lacking a point.

Brandon Sanderson Warbreaker

She sighed, annoyed at her restlessness. “So,” she said, disrupting Wolf in another backward glance.“Who would win in a fight — you or a pack of wolves?” He frowned at her, all seriousness. “Depends,” he said, slowly, like he was trying to figure out her motive for asking. “How big is the pack?”“I don’t know, what’s normal? Six?”“I could win against six,” he said. “Any more than that and it could be a close call.” Scarlet smirked. “You’re not in danger of low self-esteem, at …

Marissa Meyer Scarlet

Where this answer appears

Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, The Atlantic, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.

Used 263 times in crossword archives (1945–2025).