The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SAYUNCLE which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2020.
Admit defeat crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SAYUNCLE | 21 % | 8 |
| QUIT | 21 % | 4 |
| CONCEDE | 16 % | 7 |
| THROWINTHETOWEL | 11 % | 15 |
| LOSE | 5 % | 4 |
| CALLITQUITS | 5 % | 11 |
| YIELD | 5 % | 5 |
| CRYUNCLE | 5 % | 8 |
| FALLONONESSWORD | 5 % | 15 |
| HOLLERUNCLE | 5 % | 11 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Admit defeat
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- surrender
- surrendering
- capitulation
- give up
- conceding
- concedes
- concede
- admitting
- giving up
- conceded
- capitulated
- capitulating
Crossword Answer definitions
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 SAYUNCLE
- Surrender, relatively speaking?
- Surrender
- Surrender, in a way
- Admit defeat
- Give in
- Give up, or what you might do before the starts of the answers to starred clues
- Give up
- Give up, relatively speaking
- "Give up!"
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 CONCEDE
- Yield
- Grant
- Admit defeat
- Admit having lost
- Admit
- End it
- Give up
- Acknowledge the loss of an election
- Admit.
- Own.
More clues leading to the result THROWINTHETOWEL
- Concede
- Give up
- Call it quits like a maid?
- Call it quits
- "Why don't you quit!"
- Quit
- Admit defeat
- Concede defeat
- Give up: Colloq.
- Quit, at ringside
More clues leading to the result LOSE
- Get trounced
- Mislay
- Place or show
- Take it on the chin
- Come in second
- Finish last
- Finish second
- Give the slip to
- Misplace
- Come in last
More clues leading to the result CALLITQUITS
More clues leading to the result YIELD
- Road sign
- Give up ground
- Grin and bear it
- Relinquish
- Knuckle under
- Triangular road sign
- Bond number
- Give way
- Triangular sign
- Concede
More clues leading to the result CRYUNCLE
- Give
- Concede ... or a hint to the last words of the answers to starred clues
- Throw in the towel
- Cave
- Admit defeat
- Give up
- Back down
- Concede defeat