The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word LOST , but the solution may also be EDDYING which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Going around in circles crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LOST | 50 % | 4 |
| ASWIRL | 25 % | 6 |
| EDDYING | 13 % | 7 |
| ITINERANT | 13 % | 9 |
Why may EDDYING be the right solution?
The clue "Going around in circles?" is a play on words suggesting movement in a circular pattern, which is known as eddying, making "EDDYING" the correct answer.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Going around in circles
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- circular
- circuitous
- roundabout
- circumferential
- devious
- spade
- obtuse
- wilt
- round about
- side
- hand
- transverse
Crossword Answer definitions
LOST verb- To cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability due to unfortunate or unknown circumstances, events or reasons.
- To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to find; to go astray from.
- To fail to win (a game, competition, trial, etc).
- To be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer.
- To cause (somebody) to be unable to follow or trace one any longer.
- To cease exhibiting; to overcome (a behavior or emotion).
- To shed, remove, discard, or eliminate.
- Of a clock, to run slower than expected.
- (ditransitive) To cause (someone) the loss of something; to deprive of.
- To fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss.
- To cause to part with; to deprive of.
- Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way.
- In an unknown location; unable to be found.
- Not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible.
- Parted with; no longer held or possessed.
- Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered.
- Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past help or hope.
- Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; alienated; insensible.
- Occupied with, or under the influence of, something, so as not to notice external things.
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 LOST
- Disoriented
- In need of directions
- Like the boys in "Peter Pan"
- "___ In Space"
- Requiring directions
- In need of a map
- In the middle of nowhere
- Gone astray
- TV show that even its writers now admit was generally directionless
- Down the drain
More clues leading to the result ASWIRL
- Going around in circles
- Spinning wildly
- Moving in circles
- Moving like an eddy
- Like cinnamon bread
- Eddy-fied?
- Like an eddy
- Like water in a Jacuzzi
- Like a maelstrom
- Moving circularly
More clues leading to the result EDDYING
- In a vortex
- Aswirl
- Whirling, as water
- Forming vortices.
- Moving against the current
- Whirling
- Swirling
- Going down the drain, in a way
- Going around in circles?