The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word AVERT which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2022.
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 | 73 % | 5 |
| QUELL | 5 % | 5 |
| PREEMPT | 5 % | 7 |
| FEND | 2 % | 4 |
| PRECLUDE | 2 % | 8 |
| DECAPITATE | 2 % | 10 |
| FORESTALL | 2 % | 9 |
| PREVENT | 2 % | 7 |
| INTERDICT | 2 % | 9 |
| STEM | 2 % | 4 |
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 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 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 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)
More clues leading to the result PRECLUDE
- Make impossible
- Rule out in advance
- Shut out
- Make impossible.
- Shut out.
- Prevent.
- Head off
- Render impossible
- Prevent from happening