The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ADDLE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Confuse crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ADDLE | 75 % | 5 |
| BEFOG | 7 % | 5 |
| BEFUDDLE | 2 % | 8 |
| MIXUP | 2 % | 5 |
| BAFFLE | 2 % | 6 |
| SNARLUP | 1 % | 7 |
| BLUR | 1 % | 4 |
| ENTANGLE | 1 % | 8 |
| FLUMMOX | 1 % | 7 |
| FLUSTER | 1 % | 7 |
| DAZE | 1 % | 4 |
| FUDDLE | 1 % | 6 |
| BESOT | 0 % | 5 |
| ABASH | 0 % | 5 |
| BEWILDER | 0 % | 8 |
| CROSSUP | 0 % | 7 |
| FOG | 0 % | 3 |
| VEX | 0 % | 3 |
| MUDDLE | 0 % | 6 |
| BECLOUD | 0 % | 7 |
| BOGGLE | 0 % | 6 |
| TANGLE | 0 % | 6 |
| RAVEL | 0 % | 5 |
| THROWACURVEBALL | 0 % | 15 |
| MUDDY | 0 % | 5 |
| DISORIENT | 0 % | 9 |
Why may ADDLE be the right solution?
"Addle" means to confuse or muddle, which makes it a fitting answer for the clue "Confuse".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Confuse
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- befuddle
- confound
- discombobulate
- fuddle
- jumble
- disconcert
- consternate
- bedevil
- obscure
- mistake
- put off
- blur
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 BEFOG
More clues leading to the result BEFUDDLE
More clues leading to the result MIXUP
- Confusion
- Checkroom problem
- Jumbled confusion
- Snafu
- Bewilder
- Confused situation
- Case of mistaken identity, say
- Thing to be sorted out
- Error
- Confuse
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 SNARLUP
- Get tangled
- Entangle
- Confuse
- Complicate
- Tangle
- Become tangled
- Get all tangled
- Get really tangled
- Entangle, as traffic
More clues leading to the result BLUR
- Indistinct sight
- "Song 2" band
- Britpop band with the 2015 album "The Magic Whip"
- Britpop band with the album "13"
- Magoo's vision
- Myope's vision
- Speeder's view?
- Very bad snapshot
- Out of focus image
- Become unfocused
More clues leading to the result ENTANGLE
- Complicate
- Involve in intrigue
- Snarl
- Twist together
- Involve in a snarly situation
- Implicate
- Get mixed up (in)
- Involve, as in a sticky situation
- Involve in a complicated way
- Intertwine
More clues leading to the result FLUMMOX
More clues leading to the result FLUSTER
More clues leading to the result DAZE
- Stupefy
- Stupor
- Befuddled state
- Daydreamer's state
- Dumbfound
- Muddleheadedness
- Stun
- Trance state
- Bowl over
- Foggy state
More clues leading to the result FUDDLE
More clues leading to the result BESOT
- Infatuate
- Stultify
- Inebriate
- Stupefy
- Ply with drink
- Stupefy with drink
- Dull with drink
- Stupefy with infatuation
- Intoxicate
- Ply with rye, for example
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 BEWILDER
More clues leading to the result CROSSUP
More clues leading to the result FOG
- Airport hazard
- Frequent London phenomenon
- Mist
- Certain cloud
- Mariners' menace
- Flying hazard
- London covering
- Visibility problem
- Visibility hindrance
- Navigation problem
More clues leading to the result VEX
More clues leading to the result MUDDLE
- Jumble
- Work clumsily (through)
- Confused mess
- Confused state
- Confuse.
- Jumble.
- Mixup.
- Mess
- Mix up in a bungling manner
- A fine kettle of fish
More clues leading to the result BECLOUD
More clues leading to the result BOGGLE
- *Shake up, as one's mind*
- Word game with dice
- Word search game
- Overwhelm
- Dumbfound
- Popular word game
- Do something awkwardly.
- Be startled.
- Work clumsily.
- Amaze
More clues leading to the result TANGLE
- Enter into an argument
- Intertwine
- Get knotted up
- Tough do to comb through
- Wires behind a TV, often
- Snarl
- Lock horns
- Confused jumble
- Hair problem
- Mess (with)
More clues leading to the result RAVEL
- He's known for his "Bolero"
- Separate, in a way
- "Daphnis et Chloe" composer
- Bolero composer
- Entangle
- "Boléro" composer
- Tangle
- Impressionist composer
- Fray
- Get tangled
More clues leading to the result THROWACURVEBALL
More clues leading to the result MUDDY
- Nickname in the blues
- Roiled up, as a river
- Clouded with sediment
- Waters of the blues
- Unclear, as meaning
- Like dirt roads after rain
- Not clear
- Confused
- Sloppy, as a racetrack
- Unclear