The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word EVADE , but the solution may also be AVOID which is one of the most recent solution (2022 in New York Times).
Duck crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EVADE | 27 % | 5 |
| TEAL | 12 % | 4 |
| AVOID | 12 % | 5 |
| ELUDE | 10 % | 5 |
| EIDER | 10 % | 5 |
| SMEE | 6 % | 4 |
| DODGE | 4 % | 5 |
| SMEW | 3 % | 4 |
| SIDESTEP | 3 % | 8 |
| SHUN | 2 % | 4 |
| SHIRK | 2 % | 5 |
| AVERT | 1 % | 5 |
| HITTHEDECK | 1 % | 10 |
| FORE | 1 % | 4 |
| PINTAIL | 1 % | 7 |
| MALLARD | 1 % | 7 |
| EVADEABLOW | 0 % | 10 |
| LOOKOUT | 0 % | 7 |
| QUACKANIMAL | 0 % | 11 |
| TAKECOVER | 0 % | 9 |
| SCAUP | 0 % | 5 |
| AVOIDTROUBLE | 0 % | 12 |
| LOWERONESHEAD | 0 % | 13 |
| STOOPDOWN | 0 % | 9 |
| AVOIDANSWERING | 0 % | 14 |
| STOOPSUDDENLY | 0 % | 13 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Duck
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- douse
- sidestep
- parry
- dodge
- circumvent
- elude
- evade
- put off
- skirt
- dip
- hedge
- fudge
Crossword Answer definitions
EVADE verb- To get away from by cunning; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to cleverly escape from
- To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from.
- To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.
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 EVADE
- Sidestep
- Use a loophole
- Beat around the bush
- Circumvent
- Duck
- Fail to pay, as taxes
- Give the slip to
- Steer clear of
- Weasel out of
- Avoid
More clues leading to the result TEAL
- Greenish blue
- River duck
- Shade of blue
- Bluish green
- Freshwater duck
- Mallard cousin
- Blue green
- Dabbling duck
- Ducky color?
- Blue-green
More clues leading to the result AVOID
- Sidestep
- Steer clear of
- Steer away from
- Duck
- Keep from occurring
- Stay clear of
- Shun
- Don't confront
- Get out of the way of
- Dodge
More clues leading to the result ELUDE
- Escape from
- Give the slip to
- Shake off
- Slip by unnoticed
- Get away from
- Slip by
- Avoid
- Manage to avoid
- Dodge
- Get by
More clues leading to the result EIDER
- Big duck
- Black and white duck
- Down source
- Duck
- Goose down
- You want this duck's down
- Down home?
- You can get down from it?
- Source of soft down
- Winter coat material
More clues leading to the result SMEE
- Hook sidekick
- Hook's henchman
- Hook's sidekick
- One of Captain Hook's men
- "Peter Pan" pirate
- Duck found in crossword puzzles
- Hook's mate
- Duck often found in crossword puzzles
- Hook hand
- Captain Hook's henchman
More clues leading to the result DODGE
- Caravan maker
- Adroitly avoid
- Sidestep
- Ram's parent?
- Steer clear of
- Durango maker
- Duck
- Charger or Challenger
- Avoid
- Viper manufacturer
More clues leading to the result SMEW
- Fish-eating duck
- Diving duck
- White merganser
- Sawbill, e.g.
- Merganser
- Duck also called white nun
- Small diving duck
- Old World duck
- Fish-eating Eurasian duck
- Eurasian diving duck
More clues leading to the result SIDESTEP
More clues leading to the result SHUN
- Avoid
- Deliberately avoid
- Keep away from
- Eschew
- Steer clear of
- Scrupulously avoid
- Blackball
- Treat with disdain, in a way
- Give the cold shoulder
- Cold-shoulder
More clues leading to the result SHIRK
- Evade a duty
- Blow off work, say
- Dodge one's duty
- Get around
- Avoid one's duty
- Avoid
- Avoid, as one's duty
- Evade, as duty
- Dodge
- Avoid, as duty
More clues leading to the result AVERT
More clues leading to the result HITTHEDECK
- Prepare for action
- "Slide!"
- Get knocked down
- Drop to a prone position
- Vincent Youmans musical of the 1920's.
- Get ready for action.
- Skipper's command.
- Need blackjack dealer to ...
- Rise from bed ... or drop to one's stomach
- "Duck!"
More clues leading to the result FORE
- St. Andrews shout
- Tiger Woods yell
- Alerting shout
- Cry from the tee
- Golfer's cry
- Links warning
- Fairway duck?
- Links yell
- Pebble Beach warning
- Stall starter
More clues leading to the result PINTAIL
- Long-necked river duck
- Duck
- Migratory duck
- Duck named for the long-feathered part of its anatomy
- Long-necked duck
- Sort of duck
- River duck.
- Duck.
- River duck
- Dabbling duck
More clues leading to the result MALLARD
- A dabbling duck
- Wild flier
- Common duck
- Comic strip duck __ Fillmore
- Common dabbler
- Target of the duck hunter.
- Wild duck.
- Duck.
- Wild duck
- Duck
More clues leading to the result EVADEABLOW
More clues leading to the result LOOKOUT
- Sentry
- "Watch it!"
- Guard
- Observation point
- Words of warning
- Take care.
- Crow's nest.
- Prospect.
- Beware!
- Beware.
More clues leading to the result QUACKANIMAL
More clues leading to the result TAKECOVER
More clues leading to the result SCAUP
- Diving duck
- Bay duck
- A duck.
- Relative of the canvasback.
- Diving duck.
- Kind of duck.
- Species of duck.
- Duck related to the redhead.
- Wild duck.
- Sea duck.