The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word RUIN , but the solution may also be ASHTRAY which is one of the most recent solution (2019 in New York Times).
Lay waste to crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RUIN | 37 % | 4 |
| RAVAGE | 22 % | 6 |
| DESTROY | 11 % | 7 |
| ASHTRAY | 7 % | 7 |
| TRASH | 7 % | 5 |
| RAZE | 4 % | 4 |
| DEMOLISH | 4 % | 8 |
| DOIN | 4 % | 4 |
| DESPOIL | 4 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Lay waste to
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- desolate
- devastate
- ravage
- waste
- laying waste
- destroy
- annihilate
- destroying
- destruction
- wreak havoc
- demolish
- decimating
Crossword Answer definitions
RUIN noun- (sometimes in the plural) The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.
- The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed.
- Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction.
- A fall or tumble.
- A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow.
- Complete financial loss; bankruptcy.
- To cause the fiscal ruin of.
- To destroy or make something no longer usable.
- To cause severe financial loss to; to bankrupt or drive out of business.
- To upset or overturn the plans or progress of, or to have a disastrous effect on something.
- To make something less enjoyable or likeable.
- To reveal the ending of (a story); to spoil.
- To fall into a state of decay.
- To seduce or debauch, and thus harm the social standing of.
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 RUIN
- Destroy
- Destroyed building
- Downfall
- Reduce to bankruptcy
- The road to __
- Destruction
- Completely botch
- Spoil
- Bankrupt
- Excavation site
More clues leading to the result RAVAGE
More clues leading to the result DESTROY
More clues leading to the result ASHTRAY
- Smoker's need
- Place of many flicks
- Butt hole?
- Where to park your butt?
- Butt holder
- Place for butts
- Camel's resting place?
- Site of many flicks
- Receptacle outside an airport entrance
- Many homes don't have one
More clues leading to the result TRASH
- Dumpster filler
- Badmouth
- Odds and ends
- Ransack, slangily
- Refuse
- Rightmost item on a dock, often
- Treat shoddily, as a hotel room
- Valueless stuff you can make a living collecting
- Vandalize
- Junk
More clues leading to the result RAZE
- Demolish
- Destroy
- Level to the ground
- Tear down
- Bulldoze
- Bring down the house
- Smash flat, as a flat
- Bring down the house?
- Bring down
- Bring the house down
More clues leading to the result DEMOLISH
- Obliterate
- Reduce to rubble
- Reduce to bits
- Total
- Take down
- Raze
- Bulldoze, as a building
- Raze.
- Pull down.
- Ruin.