The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word MEET , but the solution may also be CONTEST which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Competition crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MEET | 29 % | 4 |
| RACE | 26 % | 4 |
| RIVALRY | 12 % | 7 |
| CONTEST | 12 % | 7 |
| TOURNEY | 9 % | 7 |
| MATCH | 9 % | 5 |
| GAME | 3 % | 4 |
Why may CONTEST be the right solution?
"Contest" is a synonym for competition. In a contest, individuals or teams compete against each other to win a prize or achieve a goal, making it a fitting answer for the clue "Competition."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Competition
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- challenger
- contender
- competitor
- rival
- rivalry
- contention
- contest
- competing
- compete
- competitive
- competitiveness
- challenge
Crossword Answer definitions
MEET noun- A sports competition, especially for track and field (a track meet) or swimming (a swim meet).
- A gathering of riders, horses and hounds for foxhunting; a field meet for hunting.
- A meeting of two trains in opposite directions on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other cross.
- A meeting.
- The greatest lower bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ∧.
- An act of French kissing someone.
- To make contact (with) while in proximity.
- (Of groups) To come together.
- To make physical or perceptual contact.
- To satisfy; to comply with.
- To balance or come out correct.
- To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.
- To be mixed with, to be combined with aspects of.
- Suitable; right; proper.
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 MEET
- Match
- Track event
- Word with track or swap
- Bump into
- Rendezvous
- Run into
- Track contest
- Track or swap follower
- Where hammers are thrown
- Wrestling match
More clues leading to the result RACE
- 440 or marathon
- Daytona event
- Indy, for one
- Marathon
- Meet event
- It may be three-legged
- Mile or 10K
- Compete
- Compete with Unser
- Indy 500
More clues leading to the result RIVALRY
- It's not unusual among siblings
- Army versus Navy, e.g.
- Serious competition
- It's common among siblings
- Competition.
- Competition
- Yankees vs. Red Sox, e.g.
- Siblings may engage in it
- Keen competition between teams
More clues leading to the result CONTEST
- Challenge
- Match
- Time for drawing
- Dispute
- Competition
- Sweepstakes, e.g.
- Call into question
- Popular radio formula.
- Presidential race.
- Match.
More clues leading to the result TOURNEY
- Open, for example
- Competition
- Sporting contest
- Process-of-elimination scenario
- Event with a leaderboard
- Athletic meet.
- Contest
- Place for seeds
- What seeds may be found in
- Sports competition briefly,
More clues leading to the result MATCH
- Competition
- Concentration objective
- Struck item
- Contest
- Tennis contest
- Stick in a book
- Item in a book
- Go together
- "Three on a ___" (1932 Bette Davis melodrama)
- Lighter alternative