The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word DESERT , but the solution may also be DITCH which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Abandon crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DESERT | 41 % | 6 |
| DITCH | 15 % | 5 |
| FORSAKE | 9 % | 7 |
| SCUTTLE | 5 % | 7 |
| SHED | 4 % | 4 |
| DROP | 3 % | 4 |
| MAROON | 2 % | 6 |
| SCRUB | 2 % | 5 |
| SCRAP | 2 % | 5 |
| QUIT | 2 % | 4 |
| LEAVEHIGHANDDRY | 2 % | 15 |
| LEAVE | 2 % | 5 |
| CEDE | 1 % | 4 |
| WALKOUTON | 1 % | 9 |
| KISSGOODBYE | 1 % | 11 |
| VACATE | 1 % | 6 |
| CASTASIDE | 1 % | 9 |
| RUNOUTON | 1 % | 8 |
| LEAVEBE | 1 % | 7 |
| STRAND | 1 % | 6 |
| JILT | 1 % | 4 |
| RENOUNCE | 1 % | 8 |
Why may DITCH be the right solution?
The answer "DITCH" is the right solution because when someone abandons something, they often leave it behind or discard it, similar to how one might leave or discard something in a ditch.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Abandon
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- forsake
- give up
- vacate
- desert
- desolate
- give
- empty
- lurch
- wildness
- unconstraint
- wantonness
- abdicate
Crossword Answer definitions
DESERT noun- (usually in the plural) That which is deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward
- A barren area of land or desolate terrain, especially one with little water or vegetation; a wasteland.
- Any barren place or situation.
- Usually of a place: abandoned, deserted, or uninhabited.
- To leave (anything that depends on one's presence to survive, exist, or succeed), especially when contrary to a promise or obligation; to abandon; to forsake.
- To leave one's duty or post, especially to leave a military or naval unit without permission.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result DESERT
- Abandon
- Leave in the lurch
- Painted, for one
- Defect
- Dry zone
- Dry land
- "The English Patient" setting
- Food ___ (place where affordable food is hard to come by)
- Nevada, mainly
- Run out on
More clues leading to the result DITCH
- Moat
- Leave behind, as a "friend"
- Leave behind, as one's "friends" might
- Get rid of
- Trench
- Steeplechase obstacle
- Deep-six
- Throw out
- Small waterway
- Dump
More clues leading to the result FORSAKE
- Desert
- Abandon
- Leave in the lurch
- Abandon.
- Desert.
- Give up.
- Renounce.
- Abandon ... or two words often seen next to the starts of 17-, 27-, 47- and 60-Across
- In favor of rice wine?
More clues leading to the result SCUTTLE
- Send to Davy Jones's locker
- Abandon
- Sink
- Scamper
- Sink, as a derelict ship
- Sink, as a boat
- Destroy deliberately
- Send to the bottom
- Coal carrier
- Abandon, as plans
More clues leading to the result SHED
- Get hair all over the rug
- Lose hair
- Molt
- Place for the lawn mower
- Repel·
- Shelter
- Cast off
- Get rid of
- Hut
- Repel
More clues leading to the result DROP
- What you wait for the other shoe to do
- Cease to consider
- Discontinue
- Let fall
- Night deposit
- Knock down
- Pine Bros. unit
- __ leaf table
- Plummet
- Stop doing
More clues leading to the result MAROON
- Leave high and dry
- Strand
- Color similar to cranberry
- Reddish-brown hue
- Shade of brown
- Strand on the sea
- Boston College hue
- Fordham University color
- Leave on an island
- Leave in the lurch
More clues leading to the result SCRUB
- Postpone the launch
- Second-stringer
- Swab
- Give a good cleaning
- Do the floors
- Clean with elbow grease
- Get ready for surgery
- Cancel, as a rocket launch
- Prepare for the O.R.
- Probable benchwarmer
More clues leading to the result SCRAP
More clues leading to the result QUIT
- Cry "uncle!"
- Throw in the towel
- Walk out
- Resign
- Swear off
- Terminate a session, for example
- Call it a day
- Pack it in
- Stop saying "Sorry," perhaps?
- Withdraw
More clues leading to the result LEAVEHIGHANDDRY
More clues leading to the result LEAVE
- French __ (abrupt departure)
- Take a powder
- Permission
- Shove off
- "Scramola!"
- Maternity ___
- Skedaddle
- Use the eggsit
- Army vacation
- Split
More clues leading to the result CEDE
- Give up
- Sign over
- Give over
- Give up, as territory
- Relinquish
- Resign formally
- Yield
- Surrender
- Sign away
- Formally surrender
More clues leading to the result WALKOUTON
More clues leading to the result KISSGOODBYE
More clues leading to the result VACATE
- Annul
- Go away
- Leave the premises
- Empty
- No longer occupy
- Relinquish, as an office
- Obey an eviction notice
- Annul, as a judgment
- Move out
- Leave
More clues leading to the result CASTASIDE
More clues leading to the result RUNOUTON
More clues leading to the result LEAVEBE
- Don't disturb
- Let alone
- Ignore
- Pay no mind
- Not bother
- Do not disturb
- Give some space, say
- Stop troubling
- Not touch
- Stop bugging
More clues leading to the result STRAND
- Leave behind
- Leave high and dry
- Leave alone
- Leave isolated
- Maroon
- Leave without funds
- Rope fiber
- Threadlike part
- Hair piece
- Rope component
More clues leading to the result JILT
- Get a change of mind during the bachelor party, maybe
- Leave at the church
- Stop, in the name of love?
- Send a Dear John letter
- Leave at the altar
- Leave as a lover
- Drop a honey
- Leave in the lurch
- Leave, as a lover
- Reject