The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word THAW which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2025.
Defrost crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| THAW | 82 % | 4 |
| MELT | 16 % | 4 |
| DEICE | 2 % | 5 |
Why may THAW be the right solution?
The word "thaw" means to defrost or melt, making it a fitting answer to the clue "Defrost."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Defrost
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- deice
- thawing
- unfreeze
- thaw
- deicing
- mist
- melt
- defogger
- adf
- def
- defroster
- freezer
Crossword Answer definitions
THAW noun- The melting of ice, snow, or other congealed matter; the resolution of ice, or the like, into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost
- A warmth of weather sufficient to melt that which is frozen
- To gradually melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften from frozen
- To become so warm as to melt ice and snow — said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally.
- To grow gentle or genial.
- To gradually cause frozen things (such as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.
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 THAW
- Melt down
- Spring phenomenon
- Liquefy
- Melt
- Détente, so to speak
- Become friendly
- Defrost
- Microwave option
- Pull out one's meat, perhaps
- Sign of Spring
More clues leading to the result MELT
- Soften up
- Cheesy sandwich
- Fuse
- Sandwich with cheese
- Get soft
- Lose shape
- Thaw
- What water caused the Wicked Witch of the West to do
- Fuse or thaw
- Feel charmed and then some