The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word POWDERKEG , but the solution may also be HORNETSNEST which is one of the most recent solution (2017 in New York Times).
Dangerous situation crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| POWDERKEG | 50 % | 9 |
| TINDERBOX | 17 % | 9 |
| MINEFIELD | 17 % | 9 |
| HORNETSNEST | 17 % | 11 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Dangerous situation
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- peril
- hazard
- risk
- wage
- court
- pose
- hazardous
- danger
- risky
- endanger
- jump
- health hazard
Crossword Answer definitions
POWDERKEG noun- A barrel containing gunpowder.
- An explosive or otherwise volatile situation.
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 POWDERKEG
- Explosion waiting to happen
- Potentially explosive situation
- Explosive situation
- Tense situation
- Cold war, e.g.
- Volatile situation
- Dangerous situation
- Potentially dangerous situation
- Symbol of a highly explosive situation.
- Explosive situation.
More clues leading to the result TINDERBOX
- Potentially explosive situation
- Place of potential violence
- Potentially explosive region
- Hot spot
- Volatile situation
- Volatile scenario
- Excitable person.
- Spitfire.
- Flint holder.
- Fire hazard of a sort.
More clues leading to the result MINEFIELD
- Forty-niner's profession?
- Treacherous place
- Dangerous situation
- Treacherous expanse
- Pitfall!
- Potentially dangerous situation
- Treacherous situation