The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word RATTRAP , but the solution may also be LOSTCAUSE which is one of the most recent solution (2018 in USA Today).
Hopeless situation crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RATTRAP | 43 % | 7 |
| LOSTCAUSE | 29 % | 9 |
| NOWIN | 14 % | 5 |
| LOSINGBATTLE | 7 % | 12 |
| BLINDALLEY | 7 % | 10 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Hopeless situation
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- quagmire
- predicament
- impasse
- blind alley
- deadline
- blind
- close
- limbo
- dead end
- disappointed
- dead weight
- memorable
Crossword Answer definitions
RATTRAP noun- A device (trap) used to catch rats.
- A dilapidated building, a place that is run down and unsanitary.
- A difficult, entangling situation.
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 RATTRAP
- It might be covered with cheese
- Filthy flat
- Dilapidated dwelling
- Fleabag
- Dilapidated digs
- Ramshackle structure
- Run-down digs
- Hopeless situation
- Dump
- Seedy lodgings
More clues leading to the result LOSTCAUSE
- Hopeless situation
- Inevitable defeat
- Struggle that has no chance for success.
- Futile quest
- It's hopeless
- It's not worth pursuing
- The Civil War, for the Confederacy
- Goner
- He doesn't stand a chance
- Hopeless endeavor
More clues leading to the result NOWIN
- Kind of situation
- Futile
- Like a Catch-22
- ___ situation (lost cause)
- Sort of situation
- Hopeless, as a situation
- Unpromising, as a situation
- Like hopeless situations
- "It's a ___ situation!"
- Hopeless, as situations go