Football play starters Crossword Clue

We have the 5-letter answer for Football play starters crossword clue, last seen in the Missing Letter Crossword September 23, 2026 puzzle. Sometimes we all need some help finding the answer!

Football play starters Crossword Answer

→4.

Find more clues, hints, and info below.

Hide

Find more clues, hints, and info below.

Helpful Hints

Hint 1: Clue Definitions

FOOTBALL (noun)
1. any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other’s goal
2. the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football
PLAY (verb)
1. contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
2. pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
PLAY (noun)
1. a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
2. the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully

Hint 2: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
SHEIK

More Missing Letter Crossword (9/23/2026) Answers

Across

1. NOUN: "a regular remunerative position"

9. ___-Magnon

10. NOUN: "an inorganic compound derived from ammonia"

11. VERB: "to fix in advance for a desired result"

12. Divide

13. Delicate dozenth

14. Packer pickoffs (abbr.)

15. BIOGRAPHICAL NAME: "August 1945–2005 originally Frederick August Kittel American playwright"

18. ADJECTIVE: "[pertaining to] a soft soothing form of instrumental music often used to promote relaxation"

21. Fail to be

23. GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "state in the western U.S.; capital Salt Lake City"

26. "Where did ___ wrong?"

27. "I'm totally serious!"

29. NOUN: "a piece of ordnance usually with high muzzle velocity and comparatively flat trajectory"

30. ADJECTIVE: "having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality"

31. "I pity the fool!" speaker of the '80s

32. Buck ___ (longtime manager of the Negro Leagues' Kansas City Monarchs)

33. From ___ Z (totally)

All Answers

Down

1. Clothing brand with a period in its name

2. NOUN: "the place, social situation, or type of family that a person comes from"

3. VERB: "to overwhelm with wonder or bewilderment"

4. VERB: "Possess[es]"

5. VERB: "encroach"

6. NOUN: "an oven, furnace, or heated enclosure used for processing a substance by burning, firing, or drying"

7. Tighten the wording in, say

8. Some end 7-5 or 7-6

16. NOUN: "a Bantu language that is a trade and governmental language over much of East Africa and in the Congo region"

17. Water displacement tool

19. NOUN: "something hard to understand or explain"

20. NOUN: "a fermented slightly acid often flavored semisolid food made of milk and milk solids to which cultures of two bacteria...have been added"

22. Jay Silverheels role

23. Reverse the effects of

24. NOUN: "past participle of tear"

25. Lotion additive, often

28. Wing of a building shaped like a certain letter

All Answers