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 |
| SAHARA | 17 % | 6 |
| WASTELAND | 17 % | 9 |
| BADLANDS | 17 % | 8 |
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- (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 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
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