The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word EAT , but the solution may also be EAT UP which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Devour crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EAT | 44 % | 3 |
| EATUP | 39 % | 5 |
| ENGORGE | 4 % | 7 |
| SNARF | 2 % | 5 |
| WOLFDOWN | 1 % | 8 |
| GULP | 1 % | 4 |
| SCARF | 1 % | 5 |
| EAT UP | 1 % | 6 |
| RAVISH | 1 % | 6 |
| POLISHOFF | 1 % | 9 |
| GOBBLEUP | 1 % | 8 |
| WOLF | 1 % | 4 |
| CONSUME | 1 % | 7 |
Why may EAT-UP be the right solution?
"EAT UP" is the right solution because "devour" is a synonym for "eat up," meaning to consume food quickly and eagerly.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Devour
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- guttle
- gulp
- consume
- down
- pig
- go through
- raven
- eat
- gobble
- munch
- chomp
- starve
Crossword Answer definitions
EAT noun- Something to be eaten; a meal; a food item.
- To ingest; to be ingested.
- To use up.
- To cause (someone) to worry.
- To take the loss in a transaction.
- To be injured or killed by (something such as a firearm or its projectile), especially in the mouth.
- To corrode or erode.
- To perform oral sex (on a person or body part).
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 EAT
- Absorb, as a loss
- "Mangia!"
- Bolt down
- Chow down
- Consume
- Have a nosh
- Lunch
- Scarf down
- Take nourishment
- Dine out
More clues leading to the result EATUP
- Enthusiastic reception
- Finish
- Relish
- Revel in
- Really enjoy
- Delight in
- Enjoy thoroughly
- Enjoy avidly
- Really like
- "Dig in!"
More clues leading to the result ENGORGE
- Cause to swell
- Fill to the tip
- Pig out
- Swallow greedily
- Down greedily
- Eat too much
- Overeat
- Stuff
- Devour greedily.
- Swallow greedily.
More clues leading to the result SNARF
- Eat greedily
- Wolf (down)
- Devour, with "up" or "down"
- Devour greedily, with "down"
- Devour, slangily, with "down"
- Gobble (down)
- Gobble (up)
- Devour, with "down"
- 24-Across greedily
- Eat (up)
More clues leading to the result WOLFDOWN
More clues leading to the result GULP
- Seem nervous
- Unspoken "uh-oh"
- Big swig
- Swallow eagerly
- [They've found me out!]
- Swallow hungrily, with "down"
- Swallowing sound
- Swift swallow
- [I'm in trouble!]
- Big swallow
More clues leading to the result SCARF
- Head covering
- Muffler
- Boa
- Neckware
- Head wrap
- Eat up, with "down"
- Classic Christmas gift
- Stole
- Rebozo or fichu
- Thwarter of cold
More clues leading to the result EAT UP
More clues leading to the result RAVISH
- Plunder
- Overwhelm with emotion
- Captivate
- Enrapture
- Enrapture.
- Devour
- Transport with joy
- Enthrall
- Hold spellbound
- Overwhelm someone emotionally
More clues leading to the result POLISHOFF
- Dispose of quickly
- Devour
- Finish entirely
- Finish, as food
- Finish, as leftovers
- Finish
- Finish quickly
- Finish fully
More clues leading to the result GOBBLEUP
More clues leading to the result WOLF
- Don Juan
- Womanizer
- Peter of the J. Geils Band
- Real howler
- Lobo
- Snarf down
- Grandmother impersonator?
- Little Pigs' foe
- Bored shepherd boy's cry in a fable
- "White Fang" figure