The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word AVERT , but the solution may also be DEPART which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).
Head off crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| AVERT | 72 % | 5 |
| PREEMPT | 5 % | 7 |
| QUELL | 5 % | 5 |
| DECAPITATE | 2 % | 10 |
| FORESTALL | 2 % | 9 |
| PREVENT | 2 % | 7 |
| DEPART | 2 % | 6 |
| INTERDICT | 2 % | 9 |
| STEM | 2 % | 4 |
| FEND | 2 % | 4 |
| PRECLUDE | 2 % | 8 |
Why may AVERT be the right solution?
The term "avert" means to prevent or ward off something undesirable, which fits the clue "Head off" well as it implies taking action to prevent something from happening.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Head off
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- ward off
- avert
- stave off
- debar
- obviate
- avoid
- fend off
- deflect
- head
- head off at the pass
- get going
- get away
Crossword Answer definitions
AVERT verb- To turn aside or away.
- To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of.
- To turn away.
- To turn away.
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 AVERT
More clues leading to the result PREEMPT
- Replace in the schedule
- Head off
- Take precedence over
- Bump from the TV schedule
- Bump from the schedule
- Replace on the schedule
- Forestall
- Supplant
- Appropriate exclusively.
- Appropriate.
More clues leading to the result QUELL
- Suppress
- Head off
- Pacify
- Put down forcefully
- Put down forcibly
- Put down
- Extinguish
- Stifle
- Put down, as a riot
- Suppress, as a revolt
More clues leading to the result DECAPITATE
More clues leading to the result FORESTALL
More clues leading to the result PREVENT
More clues leading to the result DEPART
More clues leading to the result INTERDICT
More clues leading to the result STEM
- Derive from
- Bud supporter
- Flower holder
- Pipe part
- Stern's other end?
- Watch part
- Wine glass feature
- Wine glass part
- Bloom supporter
- Check
More clues leading to the result FEND
- __ off (resist)
- Try to resist
- Ward off
- Repel, with "off"
- Ward (off)
- Forestall, with "off"
- Provide, as for oneself
- Stave (off)
- ___ off (repel)
- ___ off (parry)