The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word SHY , but the solution may also be EBB which is one of the most recent solution (2019 in New York Times).
Draw back crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SHY | 15 % | 3 |
| RESILE | 12 % | 6 |
| RECOIL | 12 % | 6 |
| RETREAT | 9 % | 7 |
| EBB | 9 % | 3 |
| RETRACT | 9 % | 7 |
| RECEDE | 6 % | 6 |
| FLINCH | 6 % | 6 |
| CRINGE | 3 % | 6 |
| COWER | 3 % | 5 |
| START | 3 % | 5 |
| QUAIL | 3 % | 5 |
| SHYAWAY | 3 % | 7 |
| BALK | 3 % | 4 |
| WINCE | 3 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Draw back
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- recede
- retreat
- withdraw
- retire
- pull away
- move back
- pull back
- fall back
- retrate
- roll back
- backstep
- retrograde
Crossword Answer definitions
SHY noun- An act of throwing.
- A place for throwing.
- A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
- In the Eton College wall game, a point scored by lifting the ball against the wall in the calx.
- To avoid due to timidness or caution.
- To jump back in fear.
- To throw sideways with a jerk; to fling
- Easily frightened; timid.
- Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach.
- Cautious; wary; suspicious.
- Short, insufficient or less than.
- Embarrassed.
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 SHY
- Bashful
- Short
- " ... twice __."
- Not at all outgoing
- Unlikely to mix
- Averse to first moves
- Retiring
- Tending to shrink
- Like a wallflower
- Owing
More clues leading to the result RESILE
- Draw back
- Shrink back
- Put back in the granary
- Spring back.
- Rebound.
- Bounce back.
- Spring back after being stretched.
- Draw back; rebound.
- Spring back
- Carom
More clues leading to the result RECOIL
- Kick back when fired
- Pistol's kickback
- Colt kickback
- Draw back
- Shrink back
- Show disgust
- Shrink back (from)
- Show horror, perhaps
- Flinch
- Display horror, perhaps
More clues leading to the result RETREAT
- Turn tail
- Withdrawal
- Backpedal
- Den
- Weekend getaway
- Military withdrawal
- Den, to dad
- Spa, typically
- A hasty one can be beat
- Draw back
More clues leading to the result EBB
More clues leading to the result RETRACT
- Eat your words
- Take back
- Take back, as a public statement
- Pull back, as talons
- Withdraw
- Withdraw, as a statement
- Rescind.
- Withdraw.
- Swallow one's words.
- Back water.
More clues leading to the result RECEDE
- Withdraw
- Go back
- Fall back
- Ebb
- Retreat, like a hairline
- Move back
- Reveal more forehead
- Subside
- Move away
- Give ground gradually
More clues leading to the result FLINCH
- Shrink back
- React defensively
- Shrink
- Start
- Draw back
- Show pain
- Recoil slightly, as from an oncoming punch
- Recoil
- Reflex response to a sudden pain
More clues leading to the result CRINGE
- React to a "Curb Your Enthusiasm" bit, say
- React to a Ricky Gervais bit, perhaps
- Shrink in fear
- [That's a sore subject]
- Recoil
- Draw back
- Behave servilely
- Recoil in fear
- Cower
- Show fear
More clues leading to the result COWER
- Shrink in fear
- Hide in fear
- Cringe
- Show fear
- Act like a scaredy-cat
- Cringe in fear
- Be intimidated
- Act frightened
- Cringe; flinch
- Act intimidated
More clues leading to the result START
- Kick off
- Square one
- Begin
- Open
- Set in motion
- Appropriate word here?
- Hit the trail
- Select neighbor, on old controllers
- Instructions, part 3
- Set moving
More clues leading to the result QUAIL
- Cower in fear
- One of a bevy
- Partridge cousin
- Covey member
- Small game bird
- Bird in a covey
- Bevy member
- Bird in a bevy
- Plump bird
- Draw back with alarm
More clues leading to the result SHYAWAY
More clues leading to the result BALK
- Act the mule, maybe
- Umpire's decision
- Foil
- Pitcher's misstep
- Pitcher's error
- Pitcher's mistake
- Flinch
- Pitching infraction
- Refuse to cooperate
- Mound miscue