The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ADDLE , but the solution may also be BEDEVIL which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in LA Times).
Confound crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ADDLE | 30 % | 5 |
| STUN | 13 % | 4 |
| BAFFLE | 8 % | 6 |
| STYMIE | 6 % | 6 |
| ABASH | 6 % | 5 |
| STUMP | 5 % | 5 |
| FAZE | 5 % | 4 |
| AMAZE | 5 % | 5 |
| VEX | 3 % | 3 |
| BEMUSE | 3 % | 6 |
| NONPLUS | 3 % | 7 |
| BEDEVIL | 3 % | 7 |
| DRAT | 1 % | 4 |
| BEWILDER | 1 % | 8 |
| CROSSUP | 1 % | 7 |
| GET | 1 % | 3 |
| DASH | 1 % | 4 |
| STUPEFY | 1 % | 7 |
| DEFY | 1 % | 4 |
| FOX | 1 % | 3 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Confound
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- befuddle
- confuse
- fuddle
- discombobulate
- bedevil
- mistake
- throw
- fox
- stun
- abash
- distort
- stupefy
Crossword Answer definitions
ADDLE verb- (provincial) To earn, earn by labor; earn money or one's living.
- (provincial) To thrive or grow; to ripen.
- A foolish or dull-witted fellow.
- Liquid filth; mire.
- (provincial) Lees; dregs.
- To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle
- To cause fertilised eggs to lose viability, by killing the developing embryo within through shaking, piercing, freezing or oiling, without breaking the shell.
- Having lost the power of development, and become rotten; putrid.
- (by extension) Unfruitful or confused; muddled.
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 ADDLE
- Confuse
- Perplex
- Discombobulate
- Muddle
- Dizzy
- Get confused
- Make mad or go bad
- Become rotten, as eggs
- Throw off
- Cause confusion
More clues leading to the result STUN
More clues leading to the result BAFFLE
- Perplex
- Present a poser to
- Discombobulate
- Deflecting screen
- Confuse
- Stump
- Stymie
- Puzzle
- Foil or check.
- Frustrate.
More clues leading to the result STYMIE
More clues leading to the result ABASH
- Embarrass
- Discompose
- Disconcert
- Make ill at ease
- Cow
- Put to shame
- Humiliate
- Bring shame to
- Destroy the self-confidence of
- Make ashamed
More clues leading to the result STUMP
- Go on the campaign trail
- Leave clueless
- Baffle
- Leave baffled
- Bamboozle
- What a feller might leave behind?
- Former tree
- Ask an unanswerable question
- Pol's speech spot
- Perplex
More clues leading to the result FAZE
More clues leading to the result AMAZE
- Flabbergast
- Stupefy
- Wow
- Blow away
- Blow minds
- Blow some minds
- Floor
- Floor, in a way
- Stun leaderless Labor class (5)
- Stun
More clues leading to the result VEX
More clues leading to the result BEMUSE
More clues leading to the result NONPLUS
More clues leading to the result BEDEVIL
More clues leading to the result DRAT
- "Curses!"
- "Fiddlesticks!"
- "Phooey!"
- "Shoot!"
- Mild expletive
- "Doggone it!"
- Cartoon expletive
- Darn it!
- Shucks!
- Expression of annoyance
More clues leading to the result BEWILDER
More clues leading to the result CROSSUP
More clues leading to the result GET
- "__ lost!"
- "____ my drift?"
- Obtain
- Catch
- Come down with
- Pick up
- "___ Smart"
- Pay back
- Tennis retrieval
- "__ my drift?"
More clues leading to the result DASH
- 100-yard race
- Hotfoot it
- Crush, as one's hopes
- Hurry
- Imprecise cooking measure
- Pinch
- Smidgen
- Bold's competition
- Morse-code symbol
- Recipe amount
More clues leading to the result STUPEFY
- Stun
- Utterly astonish
- Make one's eyes pop out
- Utterly shock
- Baffle
- Floor
- Leave gobsmacked
- Astonish
- Confound
- Flabbergast
More clues leading to the result DEFY
- Challenge
- Rise up against
- Meet head-on
- Stand up to
- Confound
- Resist boldly
- Flout
- Fly in the face of
- Resist, as authority
- Flout, as authority