The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word DRUB , but the solution may also be CREAM which is one of the most recent solution (2022 in Wall Street Journal).
Defeat soundly crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DRUB | 28 % | 4 |
| ROUT | 16 % | 4 |
| CREAM | 9 % | 5 |
| TROMP | 6 % | 5 |
| TROUNCE | 6 % | 7 |
| THRASH | 6 % | 6 |
| BURY | 3 % | 4 |
| WHIP | 3 % | 4 |
| LICK | 3 % | 4 |
| SHELLAC | 3 % | 7 |
| PASTE | 2 % | 5 |
| MOPTHEFLOORWITH | 2 % | 15 |
| TRIM | 2 % | 4 |
| STOMP | 2 % | 5 |
| WHOMP | 2 % | 5 |
| SPANK | 2 % | 5 |
| CRUSH | 2 % | 5 |
| WHOP | 2 % | 4 |
| THUMP | 2 % | 5 |
| TAR | 2 % | 3 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Defeat soundly
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- rout
- crush
- decimate
- vanquish
- infiltrative
- field
- task
- sault
- invasive
- muscle in
- intruded
- defeat
Crossword Answer definitions
DRUB noun- Carbonaceous shale; small coal; slate, dross, or rubbish in coal.
- To beat (someone or something) with a stick.
- To defeat someone soundly; to annihilate or crush.
- To forcefully teach something.
- To criticize harshly; to excoriate.
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 DRUB
- Thrash
- Defeat decisively
- Clobber with a stick
- Beat soundly
- Wipe the floor with
- Clobber
- Defeat handily
- Shellac
- Beat the tar out of
- Wallop but good
More clues leading to the result ROUT
- Overthrow
- Scare off
- Sound defeat
- Decisive defeat
- Overwhelming defeat
- Complete ass-kicking
- Occasion for the mercy rule
- Crush in competition
- Contest that might involve a doormat
- Super Bowl XLVIII, e.g.
More clues leading to the result CREAM
- Beat the daylights out of
- Defeat decisively
- Word with ice or cold
- Crop top?
- Cold or ice ender
- Best of the best
- 1960s rock group
- Baker, Bruce, and Clapton
- Elite
- Dairy purchase
More clues leading to the result TROMP
- Beat the pants off
- Walk heavily
- Defeat decisively
- Stamp down
- Shellac
- Tread heavily
- Walk with heavy steps
- Beat badly
- Defeat soundly
- Step heavily
More clues leading to the result TROUNCE
- Clobber
- Whip in competition
- Make mincemeat of
- Really beat
- Beat handily
- Beat soundly
- Don't just defeat
- Beat badly
- Beat in a laugher
- Defeat badly^TROUNC
More clues leading to the result THRASH
More clues leading to the result BURY
- Inter
- Dump dirt on
- Conceal
- Render hard to find
- Hide, dog-style
- Cover completely
- Put in the ground
- Lay low?
- Deep-six
- Beat overwhelmingly
More clues leading to the result WHIP
- Beat, as cream
- BDSM prop
- Indiana prop
- Defeat soundly
- Beat to a froth
- Party big shot
- Tamer's handful
- Horse trainer's aid
- Thoroughly trounce
- Blender speed
More clues leading to the result LICK
- Clean off the beaters, perhaps
- Promise's partner
- Overcome
- One way to clean the beaters
- Lead guitarist's line
- Small amount
- Musical phrase
- Defeat
- Guitar flourish
- Vanquish, slangily
More clues leading to the result SHELLAC
- Beat badly
- Beat but good
- Varnish
- Whomp in sports
- Wood finish
- Wood coating
- Clobber
- Trounce
- Thin varnish used in finishing
- Defeat decisively
More clues leading to the result PASTE
- Artificial gems
- Fake jewelry
- Kindergarten adhesive
- Wallpaper ____
- Sham rocks
- Stickum
- Cheap jewelry
- Hit hard
- Kindergartener's goo
- Artificial gem
More clues leading to the result MOPTHEFLOORWITH
- Clobber, as in a contest
- Defeat soundly
- Defeat decisively
- Defeat
- Rout convincingly
- Clean one's clock
- Beat
- Defeat handily
- Defeat convincingly
- Soundly trounce
More clues leading to the result TRIM
- Lean
- Shaping at the salon
- Short clip
- Svelte
- Use clippers
- Cut corners
- Touch up, as this puzzle's subject does to a beard (See STEPS)
- In shape
- A little off?
- Athletic
More clues leading to the result STOMP
- Dance at the Savoy, perhaps
- Trounce
- Jazz dance
- Savoy step?
- Percussion-based theatrical troupe
- Really beat
- Toddler's footprint, at times
- Bang your boot
- Foot pound?
- Crush grapes
More clues leading to the result WHOMP
- Beat but good
- Give a shellacking to
- Decisively beat
- Cream
- Defeat decisively
- Make a loud report
- Big blow
- Beat handily
- Thrash
- Beat but bad
More clues leading to the result SPANK
- Hit bottom?
- Unit of punishment
- Paddle
- Slap on the buttocks
- Hit the end?
- Punish corporally
- Punish, as a naughty child
- Punish, in a way
- Apply corporal punishment
- Give a paddling to
More clues leading to the result CRUSH
- Temporary infatuation
- Rush-hour subway phenomenon
- Romantic obsession
- Annihilate
- Infatuated feeling
- Infatuation
- Short-lived infatuation
- More than just defeat
- Prepare grapes for wine
- Hug tight
More clues leading to the result WHOP
- Trounce
- Smack upside the head
- Hitting-on-the-head sound
- Thumping sound
- Beat like a drum
- Bash
- Hit hard
- Wallop.
- Vanquish
- Thrash
More clues leading to the result THUMP
- Heavy knock
- Thrash severely
- Pound
- Loud blow
- Stethoscope sound
- Check, as a cantaloupe
- Check a melon, say
- Heavy blow
- Soundly defeat
- Big blow