The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word DIRE which also is the latest solution we found used in Chronicle of Higher Education in 2009.
Likely to end badly crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DIRE | 100 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Likely to end badly
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- fizzle
- candidate
- last
- worst
- worse
- extremely
- wrong
- hope
- hoping
- kast
- useless
- botch
Crossword Answer definitions
DIRE adjective- Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.
- Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing.
- Expressing bad consequences: dreadful; dismal
- Bad in quality, awful, terrible.
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