The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word EVADE , but the solution may also be AVOID which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in LA Times).
Circumvent crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EVADE | 50 % | 5 |
| AVOID | 13 % | 5 |
| ELUDE | 13 % | 5 |
| BYPASS | 8 % | 6 |
| AVERT | 6 % | 5 |
| SKIRT | 5 % | 5 |
| OUTWIT | 2 % | 6 |
| CONFOUND | 1 % | 8 |
| DODGE | 1 % | 5 |
| GOAROUND | 1 % | 8 |
| HEDGE | 1 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Circumvent
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- evade
- dodge
- elude
- sidestep
- put off
- outfox
- outwit
- outsmart
- beleaguer
- besiege
- overreach
- duck
Crossword Answer definitions
EVADE verb- To get away from by cunning; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to cleverly escape from
- To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from.
- To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.
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 EVADE
- Sidestep
- Use a loophole
- Beat around the bush
- Circumvent
- Duck
- Fail to pay, as taxes
- Give the slip to
- Steer clear of
- Weasel out of
- Avoid
More clues leading to the result AVOID
- Sidestep
- Steer clear of
- Steer away from
- Duck
- Keep from occurring
- Stay clear of
- Shun
- Don't confront
- Get out of the way of
- Dodge
More clues leading to the result ELUDE
- Escape from
- Give the slip to
- Shake off
- Slip by unnoticed
- Get away from
- Slip by
- Avoid
- Manage to avoid
- Dodge
- Get by
More clues leading to the result BYPASS
- Circumvent
- It help you get around the city
- Way around town
- Heart operation
- One way to get around town?
- Go around
- Road that avoids downtown
- Way around the city
- Not go through
- Detour
More clues leading to the result AVERT
More clues leading to the result SKIRT
- Dodge (the issue)
- Rocket's section
- Go around
- Dirndl, e.g.
- Tutu, e.g.
- Sidestep
- Get around somehow
- Border
- Maxi or mini
- Outer edge
More clues leading to the result OUTWIT
- Surpass in cunning
- Get the better of
- First word in the "Survivor" mantra
- Prove shrewder than
- Think one step ahead of
- Stay one step ahead of
- Circumvent
- Prove more cunning than
- Think faster than
- Finesse
More clues leading to the result CONFOUND
More clues leading to the result DODGE
- Caravan maker
- Adroitly avoid
- Sidestep
- Ram's parent?
- Steer clear of
- Durango maker
- Duck
- Charger or Challenger
- Avoid
- Viper manufacturer
More clues leading to the result GOAROUND
- "It's open in the back"
- Circumvent
- Skirt
- Evade
- "Back door's open!"
- "Try the back door!"
- Take the long way, in a way
- Turn