The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word DESERT which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2021.
Leave in the lurch crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DESERT | 27 % | 6 |
| JILT | 24 % | 4 |
| ABANDON | 24 % | 7 |
| DITCH | 11 % | 5 |
| BAILON | 2 % | 6 |
| MAROON | 2 % | 6 |
| HANGOUTTODRY | 2 % | 12 |
| FORSAKE | 2 % | 7 |
| DUMP | 2 % | 4 |
| STRAND | 2 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Leave in the lurch
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- leave behind
- abandoning
- exit strategy
- abandons
- leaving
- leave off
- leave out
- abandon
- walk away
- abandon ship
- disengage
- disconnect
Crossword Answer definitions
DESERT noun- (usually in the plural) That which is deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward
- A barren area of land or desolate terrain, especially one with little water or vegetation; a wasteland.
- Any barren place or situation.
- Usually of a place: abandoned, deserted, or uninhabited.
- To leave (anything that depends on one's presence to survive, exist, or succeed), especially when contrary to a promise or obligation; to abandon; to forsake.
- To leave one's duty or post, especially to leave a military or naval unit without permission.
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 DESERT
- Abandon
- Leave in the lurch
- Painted, for one
- Defect
- Dry zone
- Dry land
- "The English Patient" setting
- Food ___ (place where affordable food is hard to come by)
- Nevada, mainly
- Run out on
More clues leading to the result JILT
- Get a change of mind during the bachelor party, maybe
- Leave at the church
- Stop, in the name of love?
- Send a Dear John letter
- Leave at the altar
- Leave as a lover
- Drop a honey
- Leave in the lurch
- Leave, as a lover
- Reject
More clues leading to the result ABANDON
- Leave in the lurch
- Dump
- Freedom
- Strand
- Run out on
- Ditch
- Leave high and dry
- Recklessness
- Lack of inhibition
- Desert
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 BAILON
More clues leading to the result MAROON
- Leave high and dry
- Strand
- Color similar to cranberry
- Reddish-brown hue
- Shade of brown
- Strand on the sea
- Boston College hue
- Fordham University color
- Leave on an island
- Leave in the lurch
More clues leading to the result HANGOUTTODRY
More clues leading to the result FORSAKE
- Desert
- Abandon
- Leave in the lurch
- Abandon.
- Desert.
- Give up.
- Renounce.
- Abandon ... or two words often seen next to the starts of 17-, 27-, 47- and 60-Across
- In favor of rice wine?
More clues leading to the result DUMP
- Jettison
- With 77-Across's third word, what this recipe makes
- Get rid of
- Leave in the lurch
- Deep-six
- Hit with a Dear John letter
- Oust without ceremony
- Dilapidated place
- Junkyard
- Landfill