The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word STRAND , but the solution may also be LOSE which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).
Leave behind crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STRAND | 21 % | 6 |
| LOSE | 21 % | 4 |
| DITCH | 14 % | 5 |
| SHED | 14 % | 4 |
| SHAKEOFF | 7 % | 8 |
| OUTGROW | 7 % | 7 |
| PASS | 7 % | 4 |
| ABANDON | 7 % | 7 |
Why may DITCH be the right solution?
The word "DITCH" can mean to leave behind or abandon something, making it a fitting answer for the clue "Leave behind."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Leave behind
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- leave
- leaving
- leave off
- leave out
- abandoning
- leave alone
- departed
- departing
- abandon
- come away
- departure
- abandons
Crossword Answer definitions
STRAND noun- The shore or beach of the sea or ocean; shore; beach.
- The shore or beach of a lake or river.
- A small brook or rivulet.
- A passage for water; gutter.
- A street (perhaps from the similarity of shape).
- To run aground; to beach.
- To leave (someone) in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert.
- To cause the third out of an inning to be made, leaving a runner on base.
- Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord.
- A string.
- An individual length of any fine, string-like substance.
- A group of wires, usually twisted or braided.
- A series of programmes on a particular theme or linked subject.
- An element in a composite whole; a sequence of linked events or facts; a logical thread.
- A nucleotide chain.
- To break a strand of (a rope).
- To form by uniting strands.
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 STRAND
- Leave behind
- Leave high and dry
- Leave alone
- Leave isolated
- Maroon
- Leave without funds
- Rope fiber
- Threadlike part
- Hair piece
- Rope component
More clues leading to the result LOSE
- Get trounced
- Mislay
- Place or show
- Take it on the chin
- Come in second
- Finish last
- Finish second
- Give the slip to
- Misplace
- Come in last
More clues leading to the result DITCH
- Moat
- Leave behind, as a "friend"
- Leave behind, as one's "friends" might
- Get rid of
- Trench
- Steeplechase obstacle
- Deep-six
- Throw out
- Small waterway
- Dump
More clues leading to the result SHED
- Get hair all over the rug
- Lose hair
- Molt
- Place for the lawn mower
- Repel·
- Shelter
- Cast off
- Get rid of
- Hut
- Repel
More clues leading to the result SHAKEOFF
More clues leading to the result OUTGROW
- Move a size up from
- Get too big for
- No longer fit into, maybe
- Move beyond
- Leave behind
- No longer fit in
- No longer fit into
More clues leading to the result PASS
- Annie Oakley, for one
- Drive by
- Overtake
- Pitch the pigskin
- Free ticket
- Get through
- "Do not ___ Go"
- QB play
- Don't bet
- Pull ahead of