The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word RANIN , but the solution may also be RAIDED which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Busted crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RANIN | 14 % | 5 |
| TAME | 14 % | 4 |
| STONEBROKE | 7 % | 10 |
| OUTOFORDER | 7 % | 10 |
| BROKEN | 7 % | 6 |
| RAIDED | 7 % | 6 |
| FLATBROKE | 7 % | 9 |
| BROKE | 3 % | 5 |
| DOWNFORTHECOUNT | 3 % | 15 |
| KAPUT | 3 % | 5 |
| INPIECES | 3 % | 8 |
| DEADASADOORNAIL | 3 % | 15 |
| INTROUBLE | 3 % | 9 |
| DEMOTED | 3 % | 7 |
| OUTOFWHACK | 3 % | 10 |
| ONTHEFRITZ | 3 % | 10 |
| STONYBROKE | 3 % | 10 |
| BOSOMED | 3 % | 7 |
Why may RAIDED be the right solution?
The word "busted" can be a slang term for being caught or apprehended by authorities. "Raided" fits this definition as it means to conduct a surprise attack or sudden assault on a place or group.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Busted
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- broken
- ruptured
- burst
- damaged
- fart
- blown
- trapped
- bloody
- chipped
- cracked
- pinched
- fricking
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 RANIN
- Put the collar on
- Arrested
- Made a dramatic entry
- Took to the pen
- Took into custody
- Took to jail
- Arrested, slangily
- Took to the station house
- Busted, as a perp
- Took to the police station
More clues leading to the result TAME
- Like a house pet
- Subdue
- Domesticated
- Unresisting
- Do some circus work
- Docile
- Break
- Unlikely to bite
- Make the wild mild
- G-rated
More clues leading to the result STONEBROKE
- Busted
- Without a cent
- Without a sou: Slang.
- With nary a sou
- Penniless
- Without funds
- Flat busted at the construction site?
More clues leading to the result OUTOFORDER
- Not in working condition
- Busted
- Malfunctioning
- Mixed up
- Unsuitable
- Scrambled
- Down
- Down at the plant
- Kaput
- On the fritz
More clues leading to the result BROKEN
- Humbled
- On the blink
- Not working
- Gone to pieces?
- Malfunctioning
- Like many records
- With 49-Across, it keeps repeating itself ... and, based on the first and last letters, an apt description of each answer to a starred clue
- Needing fixing
- In need of a fix
- Like some promises
More clues leading to the result RAIDED
- Descended upon the fridge
- Like some refrigerators, at times
- Set on by surprise
- Made inroads against
- Made a surprise attack
- Stole from
- Attacked suddenly
- Did commando work
- Ransacked
- Snacked from, as the fridge
More clues leading to the result FLATBROKE
- Centsless?
- Bankruptcy bound, perhaps
- *Poe
- Busted
- Penniless
- Without a cent
- Very short of funds
- Short on dough
- Destitute
- In dire straits
More clues leading to the result BROKE
- Down-and-out
- Needing dough
- Cracked, perhaps
- Impecunious
- Tapped out
- Penniless
- Without a dime
- Belly-up
- Out of funds
- Something to go for?
More clues leading to the result DOWNFORTHECOUNT
- Starched
- Busted
- Knocked out, in the ring
- Floored, in boxing
- *Knocked loopy
- Defeated
- Quilt filler, given to Dracula?
- Totally knocked out
- What is put on Basie's bed?
- "Goose Feathers of Monte Cristo" by Alexandre Dumas
More clues leading to the result KAPUT
- On the blink
- Out of circulation
- On the fritz
- No longer working
- Totally busted
- Dead as a doornail
- Done for
- Unable to function, slangily
- Broken
- Dead in the water
More clues leading to the result INPIECES
More clues leading to the result DEADASADOORNAIL
- INOPERATIVE
- Busted
- Completely lifeless
- Kaput
- Lifeless
- Unanimated, to the max
- Totally lifeless
- Done for
- "Old Marley was as ___"
- Really gone
More clues leading to the result INTROUBLE
- Busted
- Up the creek
- Encountering difficulty
- Beset with misfortune
- Needing assistance, maybe
- Needing help
- Imperiled
- Up a creek
- Between a rock and a hard place
- Featured on a wanted poster, say
More clues leading to the result DEMOTED
- Kicked downstairs
- Reduced in rank
- Took down a peg
- Taken down a notch
- Knocked down a peg
- Busted
- Busted, in a way
- Lowered in rank
- Took a stripe from
- Reduced in rank.
More clues leading to the result OUTOFWHACK
- In disrepair
- Not functioning correctly
- Not in working order, informally
- Not working properly
- Not working right
- On the blink
- Broken
- Not working
- Busted