The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word PEEL , but the solution may also be MOLT which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Lose a layer crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PEEL | 57 % | 4 |
| MOLT | 29 % | 4 |
| SHED | 14 % | 4 |
Why may MOLT be the right solution?
"MOLT" is the right answer because to "lose a layer" can refer to the shedding or molting of an outer skin, shell, or feathers, which many animals do as they grow.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Lose a layer
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- peel
- exfoliate
- molt
- face
- flake
- heave
- peeling
- scale
- shave
- strip
- ground
- grounded
Crossword Answer definitions
PEEL noun- (usually uncountable) The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- The action of peeling away from a formation.
- A cosmetic preparation designed to remove dead skin or to exfoliate.
- To remove the skin or outer covering of.
- To remove something from the outer or top layer of.
- To become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way.
- To remove one's clothing.
- To move, separate (off or away).
- A stake.
- A fence made of stakes; a stockade.
- A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep.
- A shovel or similar instrument, now especially a pole with a flat disc at the end used for removing pizza or loaves of bread from a baker's oven.
- A T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry.
- The blade of an oar.
- An equal or match; a draw.
- A takeout which removes a stone from play as well as the delivered stone.
- To play a peel shot.
- To send through a hoop (of a ball other than one's own).
- To plunder; to pillage, rob.
- A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin.
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 PEEL
- Avenger Emma
- Fruit cover
- Lime cover
- __-and-stick labels
- Remove the skin
- Come unglued
- Orange jacket
- Rind
- Banana discard
- Cause of a slip, maybe
More clues leading to the result MOLT
- Shed skin
- Shed
- Shed a coat
- Process of shedding skin or feathers
- Drop down?
- Shed one's skin
- Shed, as feathers
- Lose feathers
- Drop feathers
- Shed feathers