The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word EDGED which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2016.
Narrowly defeated crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EDGED | 86 % | 5 |
| NIPPED | 14 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Narrowly defeated
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- lost by a narrow margin
- lost by a hair's breadth
- lost by a whisker
- edged
- bradley
- close
- edge
- narrow
- near
- nip
- struct
- common
Crossword Answer definitions
EDGED verb- To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
- To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
- (usually in the form 'just edge') To win by a small margin.
- To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.
- To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger.
- To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging.
- To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
- To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
- To delay one's orgasm so as to remain almost at the point of orgasm.
- That has a sharp planar surface.
- Followed by with: Having an edging of a certain material, color, and so on.
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 EDGED
- Worked on lawn borders
- Beat by a nose
- Moved sideways
- Trimmed the lawn
- Beat by a hair
- Beat in a close one
- Snuck (by)
- Took the lead
- Nosed out
- Bordered