The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word DIRE which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2021.
Calamitous crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DIRE | 69 % | 4 |
| TRAGIC | 14 % | 6 |
| FATAL | 8 % | 5 |
| EVIL | 4 % | 4 |
| DIREFUL | 2 % | 7 |
| TRAGICAL | 2 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Calamitous
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- disastrous
- fateful
- unfortunate
- fatal
- black
- catastrophic
- ruinous
- cataclysmic
- devastating
- tragic
- dismal
- dire
Crossword Answer definitions
DIRE adjective- Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.
- Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing.
- Expressing bad consequences: dreadful; dismal
- Bad in quality, awful, terrible.
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 DIRE
- Harrowing
- Kind of straits
- Urgent
- Critical
- Like some straits
- Serious
- Macabre
- Straits or consequences preceder
- Very urgent
- Disastrous
More clues leading to the result TRAGIC
- Disastrous
- Dreadful
- Very sad
- Like a Sophocles play
- Terribly sad
- Like certain flaws
- Like Hamlet
- Like "Macbeth"
- Ill-fated
- Like "Romeo and Juliet"
More clues leading to the result FATAL
- "___ Attraction"
- Deadly
- Lethal
- Catastrophic
- Disastrous
- Inevitable
- Like some flaws
- Ensuring failure
- Having dire consequences
- Calamitous
More clues leading to the result EVIL
- Agatha Christie's "___ Under the Sun"
- Beyond bad
- Dark forces
- Doctor opposing Austin Powers
- Like Lucifer
- Like some spirits
- Mean business
- Satanic
- Sinister
- Wicked