The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word BEATEN which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Defeated crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BEATEN | 33 % | 6 |
| BESTED | 19 % | 6 |
| BEAT | 11 % | 4 |
| UNDONE | 4 % | 6 |
| CHECKMATED | 4 % | 10 |
| FALLEN | 4 % | 6 |
| SUNK | 4 % | 4 |
| DOWNED | 2 % | 6 |
| DONEFOR | 2 % | 7 |
| OVERCAME | 2 % | 8 |
| FOILED | 2 % | 6 |
| DOWNFALLEN | 2 % | 10 |
| UPENDED | 2 % | 7 |
| LICKED | 2 % | 6 |
| DIDIN | 2 % | 5 |
| KNOCKEDOUT | 2 % | 10 |
| OVERRAN | 2 % | 7 |
| DOWNFORTHECOUNT | 2 % | 15 |
| UPSET | 2 % | 5 |
Why may BEATEN be the right solution?
The word "defeated" is a synonym for "beaten," meaning overcome or conquered in a competition or battle.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Defeated
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- vanquished
- beaten
- thwarted
- frustrated
- disappointed
- discouraged
- crushed
- baffled
- overcome
- bested
- unsuccessful
- routed
Crossword Answer definitions
BEATEN verb- To hit; strike
- To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.
- To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
- To move with pulsation or throbbing.
- To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do better than, outdo, or excel (someone) in a particular, competitive event.
- To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
- To strike (water, foliage etc.) in order to drive out game; to travel through (a forest etc.) for hunting.
- To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip.
- (In haggling for a price) of a buyer, to persuade the seller to reduce a price
- To indicate by beating or drumming.
- To tread, as a path.
- To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
- To be in agitation or doubt.
- To make a sound when struck.
- To make a succession of strokes on a drum.
- To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; said of instruments, tones, or vibrations, not perfectly in unison.
- To arrive at a place before someone.
- To have sexual intercourse.
- To rob.
- Defeated
- Repeatedly struck, or formed or flattened by blows
- (of a liquid) mixed by paddling with a wooden spoon or other implement
- Trite; hackneyed
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 BEATEN
- Trounced
- Defeated
- Stuck with a loss
- Much-traveled
- Off the ___ path
- Like losers, by definition
- Licked
- Knocked off
- Vanquished
- Scrambled, as eggs
More clues leading to the result BESTED
More clues leading to the result BEAT
- Cadence
- Exhausted
- Pooped out
- Tired
- Vanquished
- Worn out
- Dog tired
- Kerouac's generation
- Take a switch to
- Cop's rounds
More clues leading to the result UNDONE
- Erased
- Opened
- "I cannot wish the fault __" (King Lear)
- "___ - The Sweater Song" (Weezer's first hit)
- Freed from fasteners
- Destroyed
- Not completed
- Brought to ruin
- Ruined
- Brought to naught
More clues leading to the result CHECKMATED
More clues leading to the result FALLEN
- Like some angels
- Disgraced
- Conquered
- Cast out of heaven
- Like Jack and Jill, ultimately
- Degraded
- Dethroned
- On the ground.
- "How are the mighty ___ . . . "
- Prostrate.
More clues leading to the result SUNK
- Beyond help
- Gone under
- Done for
- At the bottom, say
- Gone to Davy Jones's locker
- Submerged
- Beyond saving
- Doomed
- Like costs that can't be recovered, in economists' lingo
- Sent underwater
More clues leading to the result DOWNED
- Ate heartily
- Defeated.
- Brought low.
- Swallowed.
- Chug-a-lugged
- Ate or drunk
- Gulped
- Consumed heartily
- Drank quickly
- Consumed
More clues leading to the result DONEFOR
More clues leading to the result OVERCAME
- Conquered
- Vanquished
- Prevailed
- Got past
- Defeated
- Bested
- Conquered.
- Subdued.
- Surmounted
- Surmounted difficulties
More clues leading to the result FOILED
- Frustrated
- Thwarted, as a villain
- "Curses! __ again!"
- Thwarted
- "Curses! ___ again!"
- Defeated.
- Blocked.
- Villain's lament
- Thwarted, as an evil plan
- "___ again!" (villain's lament)
More clues leading to the result DOWNFALLEN
More clues leading to the result UPENDED
- Tipped over
- Thrown for a loop
- Flipped over
- Turned topsy-turvy
- Flipped ... and what four puzzle answers are?
- Stood upright.
- Turned bottom up.
- Overturned.
- Placed in a vertical position.
- Turned, as a barrel.
More clues leading to the result LICKED
- Sealed an envelope
- Prepared an old postage stamp
- Enjoyed, as a lollipop
- Enjoyed an ice cream cone
- Defeated
- Trounced
- Like a defeated sucker?
- Beat
- Beaten
- Enjoyed, as an ice cream cone
More clues leading to the result DIDIN
More clues leading to the result KNOCKEDOUT
More clues leading to the result OVERRAN
- Exceeded, as a budget
- Invaded
- Exceeded, as the budget
- Seized control of
- Swamped
- Went beyond
- Spread rapidly.
- Spread swiftly throughout.
- Flooded.
- Spread swiftly.
More clues leading to the result DOWNFORTHECOUNT
- Starched
- Busted
- Knocked out, in the ring
- Floored, in boxing
- *Knocked loopy
- Defeated
- Quilt filler, given to Dracula?
- Totally knocked out
- What is put on Basie's bed?
- "Goose Feathers of Monte Cristo" by Alexandre Dumas