Answer to "Barren area" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word DESERT which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2015.

Barren area crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
DESERT	50 %	6
WASTELAND	17 %	9
BADLANDS	17 %	8
SAHARA	17 %	6

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Barren area

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• badlands
• desert
• wasteland
• sahara
• deserts
• backfire
• eifel
• poor
• semidesert
• sere
• steppe
• sterile

Crossword Answer definitions

DESERT noun

1. (usually in the plural) That which is deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward

DESERT noun

1. A barren area of land or desolate terrain, especially one with little water or vegetation; a wasteland.
2. Any barren place or situation.

DESERT adjective

1. Usually of a place: abandoned, deserted, or uninhabited.

DESERT verb

1. 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.
2. 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 WASTELAND

• With "The," five-part T.S. Eliot poem
• Sahara
• T.S. Eliot poem, with "The"
• Barren area
• Desert
• Blighted area

More clues leading to the result BADLANDS

• Barren country
• Dakota region
• Rocky Dakota region
• ___ National Park (South Dakota attraction)
• Coyote State attraction
• South Dakota region
• Tracts in Nebraska, the Dakotas, etc.
• Barren, eroded regions.
• South Dakota region.
• Western locale.

More clues leading to the result SAHARA

• African desert
• Arid expanse
• It includes most of Libya
• Largest desert
• Most of Libya
• Desert region
• World's largest desert
• World's third-largest desert
• African sands
• African expanse