The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word WAR , but the solution may also be ARMEDCONFLICT which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in LA Times).
Combat crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| WAR | 37 % | 3 |
| OPPOSE | 30 % | 6 |
| DUEL | 15 % | 4 |
| BATTLE | 7 % | 6 |
| FRAY | 4 % | 4 |
| CLASH | 4 % | 5 |
| ARMEDCONFLICT | 4 % | 13 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Combat
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- fight
- battle
- fighting
- armed combat
- fighter
- hostilities
- attack
- attacking
- conflict
- defeat
- hit
- confrontation
Crossword Answer definitions
WAR noun- Organized, large-scale, armed conflict between countries or between national, ethnic, or other sizeable groups, usually involving the engagement of military forces.
- A particular conflict of this kind.
- (by extension) Any conflict, or anything resembling a conflict.
- Instruments of war.
- Armed forces.
- A particular card game for two players, notable for having its outcome predetermined by how the cards are dealt.
- To engage in conflict (may be followed by "with" to specify the foe).
- To carry on, as a contest; to wage.
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 WAR
- Conflict
- Endless card game
- Hell, to Sherman
- Trojan, for one
- Old Maid alternative
- All-out fight
- Hostile encounter
- It's hell
- Two-player card game
- Common video game milieu
More clues leading to the result OPPOSE
- Measure against
- Bump heads with
- Act against
- Go against
- Stand against
- Go against the government in Parliament
- Be against
- Face down
- Fly in the face of
- Side against
More clues leading to the result DUEL
- Combat
- Do some fencing
- Face-off
- Affair of honor
- "Back to the Future Part III" climax
- "Macbeth" climax
- Pacers contest?
- Quarrel settler, maybe
- Result of a slap, perhaps
- Fencers' match
More clues leading to the result BATTLE
- It's a struggle
- Episode in war
- Armed engagement
- Skirmish
- Conflict
- Fight to the finish
- "Iron Chef America" contest
- Combat
- Fight
- Go up against
More clues leading to the result FRAY
- Skirmish
- Unravel
- "How to Save a Life" band, with "the"
- Noisy brawl
- Unravel, as a rope
- Unravel at the edges
- Start to fall apart
- Brawl
- Donnybrook
- Wear out at the edges
More clues leading to the result CLASH
- Hostile meeting
- Skirmish
- Wear pink and orange
- Be at loggerheads
- Encounter
- Offend the eyes
- Fight
- Be uncomplementary, in a way
- Play the cymbals
- Be incompatible