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 |
| MIXUP | 2 % | 5 |
| BEFUDDLE | 2 % | 8 |
| BAFFLE | 2 % | 6 |
| BLUR | 1 % | 4 |
| ENTANGLE | 1 % | 8 |
| SNARLUP | 1 % | 7 |
| DAZE | 1 % | 4 |
| FUDDLE | 1 % | 6 |
| FLUMMOX | 1 % | 7 |
| FLUSTER | 1 % | 7 |
| THROWACURVEBALL | 0 % | 15 |
| DISORIENT | 0 % | 9 |
| MUDDY | 0 % | 5 |
| BESOT | 0 % | 5 |
| CROSSUP | 0 % | 7 |
| ABASH | 0 % | 5 |
| BEWILDER | 0 % | 8 |
| VEX | 0 % | 3 |
| MUDDLE | 0 % | 6 |
| FOG | 0 % | 3 |
| TANGLE | 0 % | 6 |
| BECLOUD | 0 % | 7 |
| BOGGLE | 0 % | 6 |
| RAVEL | 0 % | 5 |
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 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 BEFUDDLE
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 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 SNARLUP
- Get tangled
- Entangle
- Confuse
- Complicate
- Tangle
- Become tangled
- Get all tangled
- Get really tangled
- Entangle, as traffic
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 FLUMMOX
More clues leading to the result FLUSTER
More clues leading to the result THROWACURVEBALL
More clues leading to the result DISORIENT
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
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 CROSSUP
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 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 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 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 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