The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SPIKING which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1981.
Base runner's misfortune crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SPIKING | 100 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Base runner's misfortune
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- balk
- sacrifice
- balking
- stretch
- stretched
- brass
- corps
- solo blast
- solo homer
- flinch
- slide
- bank
Crossword Answer definitions
SPIKING verb- To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails.
- To set or furnish with spikes.
- To embed nails into (a tree) so that any attempt to cut it down will damage equipment or injure people.
- To fix on a spike.
- To discard; to decide not to publish or make public.
- To increase sharply.
- To covertly put alcohol or another intoxicating substance into a drink.
- To add a small amount of one substance to another.
- To attack from, usually, above the height of the net with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
- To render (a gun) unusable by driving a metal spike into its touch hole.
- (football slang) To slam the football to the ground, usually in celebration of scoring a touchdown, or to stop expiring time on the game clock after snapping the ball as to save time for the losing team to attempt to score the tying or winning points.
- The act by which something is spiked.
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