The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word QUITS which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2016.
Admits defeat crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| QUITS | 44 % | 5 |
| ENDSIT | 11 % | 6 |
| EATSCROW | 11 % | 8 |
| CRIESUNCLE | 11 % | 10 |
| SAYSUNCLE | 11 % | 9 |
| GIVESUPTHEGHOST | 11 % | 15 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Admits defeat
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- quits
- quitter
- number
- numbering
- numbing
- admit
- agree
- confirmation
- leak
- turnstile
- valve
- case
Crossword Answer definitions
QUITS verb- To pay (a debt, fine etc.).
- To repay (someone) for (something).
- To repay, pay back (a good deed, injury etc.).
- To conduct or acquit (oneself); to behave (in a specified way).
- To carry through; to go through to the end.
- To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate.
- To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, etc.; to absolve; to acquit.
- To abandon, renounce (a thing).
- To leave (a place).
- To resign from (a job, office, position, etc.).
- To stop, give up (an activity) (usually + gerund or verbal noun).
- To close (an application).
- On equal monetary terms; neither owing or being owed.
- Any of numerous species of small passerine birds native to tropical America.
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 QUITS
- Throws in the towel
- Rage ___ (closes an unresponsive tab in frustration, say)
- Goes cold turkey
- Opts for the pension
- Calls it a day
- Retires
- Admits defeat
- Steps down
- Gives up
- Bails
More clues leading to the result ENDSIT
- Finishes, as a relationship
- Breaks up
- Calls things off
- Calls the whole thing off
- Rings down the curtain
- Stops going out
- Writes John a letter?
- Breaks up with a lover
- Throws him out, say
- Breaks up, informally
More clues leading to the result EATSCROW
- Absorbs a humiliating defeat
- Admits defeat
- Swallows one's pride
- Admits a mistake, so to speak
- Admits a mistake
- Admits to being wrong
- Suffers humiliation
- Issues a mea culpa
- Admits one's error
- Admits one's mistake
More clues leading to the result CRIESUNCLE
- Gives in
- Gives up
- Admits defeat
- Succeeds (or fails) at finding the names hidden in the starred answers?
- Gives up, in a way