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 |
| THWARTS | 13 % | 7 |
| STYMIES | 13 % | 7 |
| BALKS | 13 % | 5 |
| 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 THWARTS
More clues leading to the result STYMIES
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 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.