The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word FOILS which also is the latest solution we found used in King Syndicate in 2015.
Frustrates crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FOILS | 33 % | 5 |
| BALKS | 13 % | 5 |
| THWARTS | 13 % | 7 |
| STYMIES | 13 % | 7 |
| IRES | 7 % | 4 |
| DASHES | 7 % | 6 |
| DEFEATS | 7 % | 7 |
| DERAILS | 7 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Frustrates
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- bedevil
- baffle
- rag
- thwart
- spoil
- tantalize
- scotch
- queer
- torment
- crucify
- cross
- foil
Crossword Answer definitions
FOILS noun- A very thin sheet of metal.
- Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food.
- A thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant.
- (authorship) In literature, theatre/theater, etc., a character who helps emphasize the traits of the main character and who usually acts as an opponent or antagonist.
- Anything that acts by contrast to emphasise the characteristics of something.
- A very thin sword with a blunted (or foiled) tip
- A thin, transparent plastic material on which marks are made and projected for the purposes of presentation. See transparency.
- A stylized flower or leaf.
- A hydrofoil.
- An aerofoil/airfoil.
- To cover or wrap with foil.
- Failure when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.
- One of the incorrect answers presented in a multiple-choice test.
- To prevent (something) from being accomplished.
- To prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.
- To blunt; to dull; to spoil.
- To tread underfoot; to trample.
- The track of an animal.
- To expand a product of two or more algebraic expressions, typically binomials.
- To defile; to soil.
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 FOILS
- Thwarts the villain
- Romeo and Mercutio, for example
- Thwarts
- Frustrates, as a villain
- Aluminum wraps
- Blocks
- Ruins
- Fencing gear
- Fencing needs
- Balks.
More clues leading to the result BALKS
- Randy Johnson miscues
- Pitching misfires
- Goofs as a pitcher
- Mound infractions
- Mound no-nos
- Refuses to proceed
- Has second thoughts
- Stubbornly refuses to proceed
- Illegal pitching moves
- Messes up on the mound
More clues leading to the result THWARTS
More clues leading to the result STYMIES
More clues leading to the result IRES
More clues leading to the result DASHES
- Sprints
- Spice sprinklings
- Hurries away
- Makes a run for it
- Longs in Morse code
- Some telegraphy signals
- Races
- Marathons they're not
- Bolts
- Causes for pauses
More clues leading to the result DEFEATS
- Votes down
- Conquers
- Gets the better of
- Takes down
- Vanquishes
- Overcomes in battle
- Outplays
- What Lohengrin does to Telramund.
- Circumvents.
- Frustrates.