The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word RAP , but the solution may also be BASH which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in USA Today).
Criticize crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RAP | 18 % | 3 |
| SLAM | 14 % | 4 |
| RIP | 12 % | 3 |
| PAN | 11 % | 3 |
| KNOCK | 6 % | 5 |
| CAVIL | 5 % | 5 |
| CARP | 5 % | 4 |
| SNIPEAT | 4 % | 7 |
| ROAST | 2 % | 5 |
| ATTACK | 2 % | 6 |
| IMPUGN | 2 % | 6 |
| BASH | 2 % | 4 |
| SNIPE | 2 % | 5 |
| TAKEASWIPEAT | 2 % | 12 |
| DIS | 1 % | 3 |
| SAILINTO | 1 % | 8 |
| FAULT | 1 % | 5 |
| FINDFAULT | 1 % | 9 |
| BLAST | 1 % | 5 |
| BLAME | 1 % | 5 |
| RUNDOWN | 1 % | 7 |
| LEANON | 1 % | 6 |
| TAKETOTASK | 1 % | 10 |
| PICKAPART | 1 % | 9 |
| ASSAIL | 1 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Criticize
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- criticise
- pick apart
- critical
- critique
- accuse
- blame
- censure
- denounce
- condemn
- decry
- reprimand
- reproach
Crossword Answer definitions
RAP noun- A sharp blow with something hard.
- Blame for something.
- A charge, whether or not it results in a conviction.
- A casual talk.
- Rap music.
- A song, verse, or instance of singing in the style of rap music.
- An appraisal.
- A positive appraisal; a recommendation.
- To strike something sharply with one's knuckles; knock.
- To strike with a quick blow; to knock on.
- To free (a pattern) in a mould by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.
- To speak (lyrics) in the style of rap music.
- To talk casually; to engage in conversation.
- A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.
- Any of the tokens that passed current for a halfpenny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value.
- A whit; a jot.
- To seize and carry off.
- To transport out of oneself; to affect with rapture.
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 RAP
- Criminal charge
- Pop music style
- Snoop Doggy Dogg's music
- Certain mod music
- Gangsta __
- Hammer's genre
- Kind of sheet or session
- Knock
- Music genre
- Chat with Hammer
More clues leading to the result SLAM
- Bridge coup
- Bridge triumph
- Criticize harshly
- Harsh criticism
- Shut forcefully
- Shut hard
- __-dunk
- Big name in basketball magazines
- Bridge feat
- Close a door with force
More clues leading to the result RIP
- Lacerate
- __-roaring
- Come apart
- Cut apart
- En-graved letters?
- __ off (steal)
- Run in a stocking, e.g.
- Final sentiment, initially
- Torn from Texas
- ___-roaring start?
More clues leading to the result PAN
- Give one star to
- God often pictured with pipes
- Forty-niners tool
- Move while filming
- Play critic
- Scathing review
- Rotate the camera
- Omelet-maker's need, unless you boil your omelets or cook them in the toaster I suppose
- Critically disdain
- Muffin tin, e.g.
More clues leading to the result KNOCK
- Engine sound
- Criticize
- Eschew the doorbell
- Give a rap
- Joke variety, when doubled
- Engine noise
- Sound at a séance
- Harbinger of company
- Bad-mouth
- Rap
More clues leading to the result CAVIL
- Trivial thing
- Find fault unnecessarily
- Be petty
- Nitpick
- Find fault
- Nitpick incessantly
- Raise frivolous objections
- Find fault with unnecessarily
- Criticize
- Split hairs
More clues leading to the result CARP
- Find fault in a disagreeable way
- Freshwater catch
- Pond fish
- Bottom feeder
- Food fish
- Freshwater fish
- Find fault
- Complain
- Complain, like a fish?
- Beef
More clues leading to the result SNIPEAT
- Attack anonymously
- Be short with
- Find fault with
- Subtly malign
- Attack like a marsh bird?
- Criticize sharply
- Castigate
- Get ugly with
- Cavil
- Criticize
More clues leading to the result ROAST
- Insult, kiddingly
- Butcher shop choice
- Prepare coffee beans
- Certain Sunday dinner
- Dean Martin specialty
- Dis-honor?
- Recent Justin Bieber event
- Friars' gathering
- Honor with insults
- Dinner that may be tough to swallow for the guest of honor
More clues leading to the result ATTACK
More clues leading to the result IMPUGN
- Assail with words
- Challenge in a way
- Throw mud at, figuratively
- Criticize
- Call into question
- Refute
- Cast doubt upon
- Attack by argument.
- Challenge as false.
- Attack as untrue.
More clues leading to the result BASH
- Big, exuberant party
- Wild party
- Wing-ding
- Forceful blow
- Big party
- Blowout
- Shindig
- Catered event
- Kegger
- Rager, e.g.
More clues leading to the result SNIPE
- Bushwhack
- Make malicious remarks
- Marsh bird
- __ at (malign)
- Assail
- Game bird
- Shoot from above
- Take potshots
- Gossip maliciously
- Sandpiper kin
More clues leading to the result TAKEASWIPEAT
More clues leading to the result DIS
- Belittle, in slang
- Put down, modern-style
- Treat without respect
- Trash
- Treat without respect, slangily
- Drive filler
- Bad-mouth, in the 'hood
- Put down, in the 'hood
- Insult at the center of this puzzle's long answers
- Bad-mouth
More clues leading to the result SAILINTO
More clues leading to the result FAULT
- Seismologist's concern
- Bad serve
- Responsibility
- Criticize
- Blame
- Tennis server's goof
- Quake spot
- Double ___
- Earthshaking matter?
- Seismological concern
More clues leading to the result FINDFAULT
More clues leading to the result BLAST
- Great time
- Gust of wind
- Use dynamite
- Wonderful experience
- Fun with TNT?
- High time or blowout
- Wild party
- Quite a good time
- Good time
- Wild time
More clues leading to the result BLAME
- Hold responsible
- Put the onus on
- Find fault with
- Scapegoat's burden
- Scapegoat's onus
- Point the finger at
- Accuse
- Culpability
- Do some finger-pointing
- Responsibility
More clues leading to the result RUNDOWN
- Criticize
- Quick summary
- Seedy
- Speak ill of
- Exhausted.
- Baseball play
- Decrepit
- Shabby
- Criticize point-after-point
- Seedy, and an apt description of a word hidden in 3-, 9-, 29- and 33-Down
More clues leading to the result LEANON
- Pressure, loan shark-style
- Seek support from
- Use a support
- Use for support
- Use as a crutch
- Pressure
- Strong-arm
- Coerce
- Get tough with
- Get support from