The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word BANE which also is the latest solution we found used in Universal uClick in 2021.
Bête noire crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BANE | 46 % | 4 |
| ANATHEMA | 18 % | 8 |
| BUGABOO | 18 % | 7 |
| OGRE | 11 % | 4 |
| ANATHEM | 4 % | 7 |
| HATE | 4 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Bête noire
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- anathema
- affreux
- francophobe
- mauvais
- malvoisie
- cheremiss
- villan
- revilement
- revanche
- raison detre
- bad guy
- lesueur
Crossword Answer definitions
BANE noun- A cause of misery or death.
- Poison, especially any of several poisonous plants.
- A killer, murderer, slayer.
- Destruction; death.
- A disease of sheep.
- To kill, especially by poison; to be the poison of.
- To be the bane of.
- Bone
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 BANE
- Deadly poison
- Ruination
- Thorn in one's side
- Canker
- Cause of ruination
- Curse
- Opposite of 5D
- Source of ruin
- Ruin
- Bête noire
More clues leading to the result ANATHEMA
- Reviled one
- Yankees, to Red Sox fans
- Detested thing
- Something detested
- It's an abomination
- Curse
- Minnesota Vikings, to Packers fans
- Detested person or thing
- Despised thing or person
- Object of loathing
More clues leading to the result BUGABOO
- Bête noire
- Spook
- Nightmare cause
- Source of concern
- Object of anxiety
- Cause of worry
- Cause of fear
- Nightmare causer
- Object of fear
- Hobgoblin.
More clues leading to the result OGRE
- Brutish one
- Fairy tale baddie
- Fairy tale denizen
- Fairy-tale villain
- Hideous fellow
- Monster
- Monster of folklore
- Mythical meanie
- Fairy-tale baddie
- Fiend