The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SHEDS , but the solution may also be OUSTS which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in LA Times).
Gets rid of crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SHEDS | 18 % | 5 |
| OUSTS | 8 % | 5 |
| EGESTS | 6 % | 6 |
| SCRAPS | 5 % | 6 |
| DUMPS | 5 % | 5 |
| DIVESTS | 5 % | 7 |
| WEEDSOUT | 5 % | 8 |
| DISPOSES | 5 % | 8 |
| OFFS | 3 % | 4 |
| AXES | 3 % | 4 |
| ERASES | 3 % | 6 |
| PURGES | 3 % | 6 |
| CASTSASIDE | 3 % | 10 |
| LOSES | 3 % | 5 |
| TOSSES | 3 % | 6 |
| UNBURDENS | 2 % | 9 |
| PARTSWITH | 2 % | 9 |
| DEEPSIXES | 2 % | 9 |
| SELLS | 2 % | 5 |
| ABOLISHES | 2 % | 9 |
| TOSSESOUT | 2 % | 9 |
| UNLOADS | 2 % | 7 |
| JUNKS | 2 % | 5 |
| ELIMINATES | 2 % | 10 |
| DITCHES | 2 % | 7 |
| THROWSAWAY | 2 % | 10 |
| SLOUGHSOFF | 2 % | 10 |
| REMOVES | 2 % | 7 |
Why may OUSTS be the right solution?
"Gets rid of" is a clue indicating the action of removing someone or something from a position or place. "OUSTS" means to remove or expel, making it the right solution for this clue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Gets rid of
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- eliminates
- removes
- erases
- deletes
- dumps
- scraps
- ousts
- urine
- quit
- can
- happen
- happening
Crossword Answer definitions
SHEDS verb- To part, separate or divide.
- To part with, separate from, leave off; cast off, let fall, be divested of.
- To pour; to make flow.
- To allow to flow or fall.
- To radiate, cast, give off (light); see also shed light on.
- To pour forth, give off, impart.
- To fall in drops; to pour.
- To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover.
- To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.
- An area between upper and lower warp yarns through which the weft is woven.
- A distinction or dividing-line.
- A parting in the hair.
- The top of the head.
- An area of land as distinguished from those around it.
- A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding; a hut.
- A large temporary open structure for reception of goods.
- An automobile which is old, worn-out, slow, or otherwise of poor quality.
- (rail transportation) A British Rail Class 66 locomotive.
- To place or allocate a vehicle, such as a locomotive, in or to a depot or shed.
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 SHEDS
- Backyard structures
- Casts off
- Doffs
- Makes the fur fly?
- Loses a winter coat
- Sloughs
- Drops, as pounds
- Gets rid of
- Tool abodes
- Drops locks
More clues leading to the result OUSTS
- Boots
- Kicks out
- Shows the door to
- Forces to leave
- Banishes
- Sends packing
- Gives the boot to
- Unseats
- Gives the boot
- Deposes
More clues leading to the result EGESTS
- Casts out from the body
- Discharges
- Casts out
- Gets rid of
- Excretes
- Spews
- Expels
- Spews out
- Perspires
- Casts out.
More clues leading to the result SCRAPS
- Aborts
- Leftovers
- Remnants
- Makeshift food for Fido
- Fistfights
- Discards
- Orts
- Bits and pieces
- Gets rid of
- Leftover bits
More clues leading to the result DUMPS
- Jilts
- Unloads
- Down in the __
- Unceremoniously breaks up with
- Gets rid of
- Gets rid of rudely
- Deep-sixes
- Disposes of
- Melancholy.
- Unloads.
More clues leading to the result DIVESTS
- Gets rid of
- Sells off
- Strips
- Strips (of)
- Strips, in a way
- Dispossesses
- Strips (of), as property
- Deprives of anything.
- Unfrocks.
- Deprives (of rank, rights, etc.)
More clues leading to the result WEEDSOUT
More clues leading to the result DISPOSES
- "Man proposes, God ____"
- Gets rid (of)
- Throws away, with "of"
- "Man proposes, but God --"
- Criticize a modeling shoot array?
- Arranges (matters).
- Inclines
More clues leading to the result OFFS
- Cricket sides
- Switch choices
- Switch settings
- Murders, mob-style
- Switch positions
- Does in
- Gets rid of
- Takes for a ride
- Whacks
- Slays, slangily
More clues leading to the result AXES
- Chops off
- Fires
- Shows to the door
- Terminates
- X, Y, and Z
- Fellers
- Graph lines
- Fire department tools
- Lines in geometry class
- Props in some "The Wizard of Oz" costumes
More clues leading to the result ERASES
- Rubs out
- Formats
- Wipes off
- Clears away
- Rubs the wrong away
- Deletes
- Does some board work
- Gets the word out?
- Obliterates
- Wipes clean
More clues leading to the result PURGES
- Removes political opponents
- Political house-cleanings
- Purifies
- Common practices in totalitarian states.
- Communists' means of quelling opposition.
- Clears of guilt.
- Cleanses
- Rids
- Mass dismissals
- Removes impurities from
More clues leading to the result CASTSASIDE
More clues leading to the result LOSES
- Gets whupped
- Gets licked
- Doesn't win
- Falls short, in points
- Sheds, as weight
- Blows it
- Comes up short
- Gets eliminated
- Doesn't carry the day
- Goes down in defeat
More clues leading to the result TOSSES
- Prepares a salad
- Prepares the salad
- Searches a house
- Doesn't sleep well
- Flips, as a coin
- Horseshoes throws
- Casts
- Flings
- Doesn't lie still
- Throws out
More clues leading to the result UNBURDENS
More clues leading to the result PARTSWITH
More clues leading to the result DEEPSIXES
- Throws overboard
- Chucks
- Tosses out
- Dumps
- Junks
- Gets rid of
- Jettisons
- Throws in the trash
- Puts the kibosh on
- Puts in the circular file
More clues leading to the result SELLS
- Goes like hotcakes
- Hawks
- Moves cars
- Successfully persuades
- Vends
- Gets rid of
- Works as a vendor
- Markets
- Works in retail
- Deals in
More clues leading to the result ABOLISHES
More clues leading to the result TOSSESOUT
More clues leading to the result UNLOADS
- Disburdens
- Gets rid of
- Vents
- Empties
- Sells at a loss, perhaps
- Takes off cargo
- Spills one's guts
- Dumps (on)
- Severely criticizes, with "on"
- Vents frustration
More clues leading to the result JUNKS
- Chinese boats
- Discards
- Eighty-sixes
- Deep-sixes
- Throws out
- Chinese ships
- Vessels.
- Yangtze vessels.
- Sights on the Yangtze.
- Gets rid of