Answer to "Draws back" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SHIES which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2021.

Draws back crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
SHIES	36 %	5
EBBS	14 %	4
RECEDES	14 %	7
SHRINKS	14 %	7
RECOILS	7 %	7
RETRACTS	7 %	8
RETREATS	7 %	8

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Draws back

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• draw back
• pull back
• draw away
• retracts
• draw out
• retracting
• retracted
• draw off
• draw down
• retract
• back away
• draw in

Crossword Answer definitions

SHIES noun

1. An act of throwing.
2. A place for throwing.
3. A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
4. In the Eton College wall game, a point scored by lifting the ball against the wall in the calx.

SHIES verb

1. To avoid due to timidness or caution.
2. To jump back in fear.
3. To throw sideways with a jerk; to fling

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 SHIES

• Throws
• Pitches
• Flings
• ___ away from (avoids)
• Acts skittish, as a horse
• Recoils, with "away"
• Shows dislike, with "away from"
• Behaves skittishly
• Acts fearful
• Flinches

More clues leading to the result EBBS

• Declines
• Falls back
• Recedes
• Eases
• Lessens
• Slackens
• Wanes
• Weakens
• Recedes, as the tide
• Doesn't flow

More clues leading to the result RECEDES

• Ebbs
• Goes down
• Pulls back
• Moves back
• Falls back
• Shrinks
• Draws back
• Diminishes
• Gives way.
• Withdraws.

More clues leading to the result SHRINKS

• Brings down to size
• Psychiatrists, slangily
• Headmasters?
• Reduces
• Turns tiny
• Draws back.
• Contracts.
• Reacts, like a washed sweater
• Recoils
• Draws back

More clues leading to the result RECOILS

• Backs away (from)
• Kickbacks
• Draws back
• Shrinks back
• Winces
• Shrinks back.
• Springs back, as a gun.
• Jumps back
• Shrinks
• Suddenly shrinks

More clues leading to the result RETRACTS

• Pulls back
• Takes back
• Takes back, as a comment
• Disavows.
• Withdraws an indiscreet statement.
• Draws back.
• Moves, as landing gear
• Abjures
• Disowns a statement
• Disavows

More clues leading to the result RETREATS

• Pulls back from an attack
• Employee "team-building" events
• Quiet spots
• Falls back
• Chooses discretion over valor?
• Turns tail
• Places of privacy
• Hideaways
• Orderly withdrawals.
• Involuntary withdrawals.