The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SHUNS , but the solution may also be AVERTS which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Avoids crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SHUNS | 43 % | 5 |
| SKIRTS | 11 % | 6 |
| SIDESTEPS | 9 % | 9 |
| ELUDES | 7 % | 6 |
| DUCKS | 5 % | 5 |
| AVERTS | 5 % | 6 |
| EVADES | 5 % | 6 |
| ESCHEWS | 2 % | 7 |
| BEGS | 2 % | 4 |
| BYPASSES | 2 % | 8 |
| ESCAPES | 2 % | 7 |
| STAYSAWAYFROM | 2 % | 13 |
| STEERSCLEAROF | 2 % | 13 |
| DODGES | 2 % | 6 |
Why may AVERTS be the right solution?
The answer to "Avoids" is "AVERTS" because it means to prevent or steer clear of something.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Avoids
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- keep off
- keep from
- avert
- stave off
- debar
- obviate
- nullify
- annul
- ward off
- invalidate
- head off
- quash
Crossword Answer definitions
SHUNS verb- To avoid, especially persistently.
- To escape (a threatening evil, an unwelcome task etc).
- To screen, hide.
- To shove, push.
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 SHUNS
- Ignores
- Avoids
- Eschews
- Avoids like the plague
- Takes pains to avoid
- Gives the cold shoulder to
- Boycotts
- Cold-shoulders
- Abstains from
- Ostracizes
More clues leading to the result SKIRTS
- Poodles' places, in the '50s
- Hedges
- Bypasses
- Steers clear of
- Evades
- Hoops and hobbles
- Goes around
- Avoids
- Sidesteps
- Blouse partners
More clues leading to the result SIDESTEPS
More clues leading to the result ELUDES
- Shakes a tail, maybe
- Stays out of reach
- Gets away from
- Gets around
- Dodges
- Gives the slip
- Sneaks past
- Escapes one's understanding
- Ducks
- Loses, as a tail
More clues leading to the result DUCKS
- Shooting-gallery birds
- Sidesteps
- They wear down
- Huey, Dewey, and Louie, e.g.
- What you can give a bunch of for $20
- Avoids a blow, in a way
- Teals and mallards
- Waterfowl whose young inspired this puzzle's theme
- Stoops suddenly
- Lowers oneself for safety's sake
More clues leading to the result AVERTS
- Forestalls
- Staves off
- Turns away
- Wards off
- Heads off at the pass
- Keeps from happening
- Prevents
- Precludes
- Fends off
- Dodges
More clues leading to the result EVADES
More clues leading to the result ESCHEWS
- Doesn't indulge in
- Shuns
- Does without
- Stays away from
- Avoids like the plague
- Skips
- Avoids
- Shuns.
- Abstains from
- Forgoes
More clues leading to the result BEGS
- Supplicate
- Cries out for
- Cries out (for)
- Mrs. Truman
- Asks for table scraps?
- Looks for a treat
- Seeks change
- Panhandles
- Bears alms?
- ___ off (declines)
More clues leading to the result BYPASSES
More clues leading to the result ESCAPES
- Flees
- Gets away
- Some are narrow
- Houdini's heroics
- Digs a tunnel, possibly
- Gets free
- Houdini feats
- Joint ventures?
- Manages to get away
- Bolts