The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word FLAY , but the solution may also be SCATHE which is one of the most recent solution (2019 in LA Times).
Excoriate crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FLAY | 26 % | 4 |
| SCATHE | 18 % | 6 |
| SCALE | 11 % | 5 |
| SAVAGE | 11 % | 6 |
| ABRADE | 8 % | 6 |
| RAILAT | 3 % | 6 |
| REVILE | 3 % | 6 |
| BLAST | 3 % | 5 |
| REAMOUT | 3 % | 7 |
| SCORCH | 3 % | 6 |
| ASSAIL | 3 % | 6 |
| CHEWOUT | 3 % | 7 |
| SKIN | 3 % | 4 |
| LAMBASTE | 3 % | 8 |
| PARE | 3 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Excoriate
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- decry
- objurgate
- condemn
- abrade
- assail
- flay
- excorticate
- excarnificate
- chafe
- excarnate
- excruciate
- exuviate
Crossword Answer definitions
FLAY noun- A fright; a scare.
- Fear; a source of fear; a formidable matter; a fearsome or repellent-looking individual.
- To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening).
- To frighten; scare; terrify.
- To be fear-stricken.
- To strip skin off
- To lash
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 FLAY
- TV chef Bobby
- Peel off, as skin
- Whip
- Chew out
- Scold severely
- Celebrity chef Bobby
- Celebrity chef Bobby of "Boy Meets Grill"
- Horsewhip
- Give a tongue-lashing to
- Scold scathingly
More clues leading to the result SCATHE
- Denounce bitterly
- Criticize harshly
- Lay into
- Do harm to
- Intensely criticize
- Do damage to
- Rake over the coals
- Harm
- Attack with severe criticism
- Criticize severely
More clues leading to the result SCALE
- Excoriate
- One-to-ten, for one
- A run of notes
- Butcher-shop need
- Dieter's need
- Minimum wage
- Piano exercise
- Piece of asp?
- Bathroom item
- Dieter's bane
More clues leading to the result SAVAGE
- Barbaric
- Brute
- Wild
- Wild thing
- Fred of "The Wonder Years"
- Beastly
- The Stranger columnist Dan
- Uncultivated
- Vicious
- Ferocious
More clues leading to the result ABRADE
- Rub
- Scrape
- Wear away
- Rub the wrong way?
- Use a pumice stone
- Wear down
- Chafe
- Irritate
- What a beard might do
- Wear by rubbing
More clues leading to the result RAILAT
- Give the business
- Target with invective
- Tear a new one
- Berate
- Lambaste
- Criticize harshly
- Chew out
- Inveigh against
- Take to task
- Bawl out
More clues leading to the result REVILE
- Sail into
- Verbally abuse
- Attack verbally
- Say mean things about
- Speak badly of
- Disparage
- Use opprobrious language on
- Abhor
- Malign
- Hit on, in a way
More clues leading to the result BLAST
- Great time
- Gust of wind
- Use dynamite
- Wonderful experience
- Fun with TNT?
- High time or blowout
- Wild party
- Quite a good time
- Good time
- Wild time
More clues leading to the result REAMOUT
- Excoriate severely
- Scold harshly
- Scold severely, in slang
- Tear into
- Come down hard on
- Read the riot act
- Berate
- Scold severely
- Clean a pipe
- Excoriate
More clues leading to the result SCORCH
- Burn
- Burn a bit
- Shrivel with heat
- Burn badly
- Pressing problem?
- Bake
- Misuse an iron
- Criticize severely
- Burn superficially
- Discolor by burning
More clues leading to the result ASSAIL
More clues leading to the result CHEWOUT
More clues leading to the result SKIN
- Body covering
- Peel
- Rind
- It's got you covered
- Onion throwaway
- Tattoo spot
- iPhone covering
- Canvas for tattoos
- Tattoo canvas
- What's got you covered