The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word NOIDEA , but the solution may also be NO IDEA which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
"Beats me!" crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NOIDEA | 27 % | 6 |
| IDUNNO | 26 % | 6 |
| DUNNO | 23 % | 5 |
| IHAVENTGOTACLUE | 4 % | 15 |
| NOTACLUE | 4 % | 8 |
| NOCLUE | 3 % | 6 |
| IDONTKNOW | 3 % | 9 |
| ICANTSAYFORSURE | 2 % | 15 |
| IHAVENOCLUE | 2 % | 11 |
| NO IDEA | 2 % | 7 |
| IGIVEUP | 1 % | 7 |
| NO CLUE! | 1 % | 8 |
| ICANTTELL | 1 % | 9 |
| SHRUG | 1 % | 5 |
| IHAVENOIDEA | 1 % | 11 |
| GOFIGURE | 1 % | 8 |
Why may NO-IDEA be the right solution?
The phrase "Beats me" is often used to express not knowing or having no idea about something. Therefore, "NO IDEA" is the right answer as it captures the meaning of the clue accurately.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: "Beats me!"
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- dunno
- dont know
- unsure
- mystifies
- unexplained
- unknown
- mystifying
- inexplicable
- mystifyingly
- mystified
- mystery
- unanswered
Crossword Answer definitions
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 NOIDEA
- [shrug]
- "Beats me!"
- "You got me!"
- I don't know
- "Beats me"
- "I have ___" (verbal shrug)
- "I haven't a clue"
- What the clueless have?
- You're in the dark when you have this
- "I'm clueless"
More clues leading to the result IDUNNO
- [shrug]
- "Ya got me"
- "Don't ask me"
- "Beats me!"
- "Got me"
- "Beats me"
- Words said with a shrug
- "Got no clue!"
- "Search me"
- "Ya got me!"
More clues leading to the result DUNNO
- [shrug]
- Noncommittal response (slang)
- Grunt accompanying a shrug
- "Beats me!"
- "Got me!"
- "I haven't the foggiest"
- Slangy "Beats me!"
- "I'm stumped!"
- "I give up!"
- "Search me"
More clues leading to the result IHAVENTGOTACLUE
- Frustrated crossword solver's cry?
- Theme of this puzzle?
- "No idea"
- "Beats me"
- Frustrated crossword solver's cry
- " "
- "Search me"
- "My apologies. All sold out."
- Bewildered comment
- Village between Kruszyna and Jacków in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland (pop. 305)
More clues leading to the result NOTACLUE
- "Don't look at me, I got nothing!"
- "Beats me!"
- "I'm stumped"
- "You got me"
- No idea
- "Couldn't tell ya"
- "Your guess is as good as mine"
More clues leading to the result NOCLUE
- "Search me"
- What the puzzled have
- "I haven't the foggiest!"
- "Beats me!"
- "Beats me"
- How to interpret 20-, 38-, and 56-Across
- "Dunno"
- "Haven't the foggiest!" … or, when the first two letters are put at the end, an essential part of seven answers in this puzzle
More clues leading to the result IDONTKNOW
- Nonresponsive response
- "Beats me!"
- Answer a teacher doesn't want to hear
- A shrug, verbalized
- "Search me"
- "You got me"
- What a shrug might mean
- Too-seldom-heard reply
- "Beats me"
- [ ]
More clues leading to the result ICANTSAYFORSURE
- Wishy-washy reply to a proposal
- "Maybe"
- "My mind isn't made up yet"
- "Beats me"
- "Maybe yes, maybe no"
- Waffler's words
More clues leading to the result IHAVENOCLUE
More clues leading to the result NO IDEA
More clues leading to the result IGIVEUP
- "Uncle!"
- "No idea"
- "Beats me"
- "Tell me already"
- "You win"
- Uncle relative
- Uncle's relative
- "Tell me the answer"
- "No more!"
- "Go ahead, tell me"
More clues leading to the result NO CLUE!
More clues leading to the result ICANTTELL
More clues leading to the result SHRUG
- Express indifference
- Beats me in Scottish rugby (5)
- YOLO gesture
- [Dunno]
- Noncommittal response
- Noncommital sign
- Indicate indifference
- Show ignorance, in a way
- "Beats me" shoulder heave
- Cluelessness gesture
More clues leading to the result IHAVENOIDEA
- "Search me!"
- Totally unhelpful answer
- "Dunno"
- "Beats me!"
- One's initial response to this clue, perhaps
- Words of befuddlement