The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word TURNED , but the solution may also be FENDEDOFF which is one of the most recent solution (2006 in New York Times).
Deflected crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TURNED | 25 % | 6 |
| SWERVED | 25 % | 7 |
| FENDEDOFF | 25 % | 9 |
| TURNEDASIDE | 25 % | 11 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Deflected
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- distract
- turn away
- ward off
- stave off
- avert
- fend off
- obviate
- debar
- avoid
- draw away
- head off
- deviate
Crossword Answer definitions
TURNED verb- (heading) to make a non-linear physical movement.
- (heading) To change condition or attitude.
- To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
- (usually with over) To complete.
- To make (money); turn a profit.
- Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
- To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
- To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.
- To translate.
- To magically or divinely attack undead.
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 TURNED
- Changed course
- Went sour
- Changed color in autumn
- Defected
- Changed color
- Took an intersecting road
- Went bad
- Became inedible
- Gyrated.
- Reversed.
More clues leading to the result SWERVED
- Avoided a pothole, perhaps
- Deflected.
- Shifted course.
- Avoided an accident, maybe
- Avoided an accident, in a way