The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word VEER , but the solution may also be STRAY which is one of the most recent solution (2019 in LA Times).
Deviate crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| VEER | 31 % | 4 |
| ERR | 19 % | 3 |
| VARY | 15 % | 4 |
| SWERVE | 10 % | 6 |
| STRAY | 8 % | 5 |
| YAW | 8 % | 3 |
| WANDER | 4 % | 6 |
| SKEW | 2 % | 4 |
| DEPART | 2 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Deviate
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- deviant
- pervert
- degenerate
- divert
- deflect
- diverge
- depart
- vary
- err
- distract
- differ
- derogate
Crossword Answer definitions
VEER verb- To let out (a sail-line), to allow (a sheet) to run out.
- A turn or swerve; an instance of veering.
- To change direction or course suddenly; to swerve.
- (of the wind) To shift in a clockwise direction (if in the Northern Hemisphere, or in a counterclockwise direction if in the Southern Hemisphere).
- (of the wind) To shift aft.
- To change direction into the wind; to wear ship.
- To turn.
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 VEER
- Turn sharply
- Change course
- Swerve off course
- Stray
- Turn off-course
- Make a sharp turn
- Move out of the way
- Move to avoid a pothole, say
- Sudden change
- Dogleg
More clues leading to the result ERR
- Be human
- Be human?
- Be off the mark
- Be sadly mistaken
- Blow it
- Do the wrong thing
- Drop a popup
- Go astray
- Go wrong
- Goof
More clues leading to the result VARY
- Deviate
- Part of YMMV
- Change from time to time
- Diversify
- Fluctuate (4)
- Eschew uniformity
- Don't be all the same
- "Results may ___"
- Try something different
- Do something different
More clues leading to the result SWERVE
- What Jesus will probably do if you let him take the wheel
- Avoid a pothole
- Turn sharply
- Avoid while driving
- Turn suddenly
- Try to avoid a collision, in a way
- Sudden turn
- Change course suddenly
- Change direction abruptly
- Sharp turn
More clues leading to the result STRAY
- Wander off
- Like many adopted puppies
- Go off the map
- Lose the plot
- Lost toy?
- Take the scenic route
- Fail to concentrate
- Go off
- Leave the pack
- Wander
More clues leading to the result YAW
- Swerve off course
- Alternate
- Deviate off course
- Sail off course
- Swing side to side
- Nautical swerve
- Deviate from a course
- Deviate from the course
- Go off course
- Veer off course
More clues leading to the result WANDER
- Meander
- Stray from the path
- "Not all those who ___ are lost": Tolkien
- Go here and there
- Go idly about
- Tail a nomad
- Drift
- Roam
- Stray
- Ramble
More clues leading to the result SKEW
- Go astray
- Distort
- Manipulate, as data
- Spin, in a way
- Twist
- Move obliquely
- Distort, as data
- Get out of kilter
- Slant
- Depict unfairly