The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word CLOSECALL , but the solution may also be SCARE which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Near miss crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CLOSECALL | 29 % | 9 |
| CLOSESHAVE | 21 % | 10 |
| CLOSEONE | 14 % | 8 |
| ALA | 14 % | 3 |
| SCARE | 7 % | 5 |
| SQUEAKER | 7 % | 8 |
| FOULTIP | 7 % | 7 |
Why may SCARE be the right solution?
The answer "SCARE" is the right solution for the clue "Near miss" because a scare is a situation where something frightening or alarming happens, causing a feeling of fear or surprise. In the context of a near miss, it implies that something scary or potentially dangerous happened, but the actual negative outcome was avoided.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Near miss
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- miscue
- miss
- imperfect rhyme
- misser
- misapproximation
- mistouch
- miscontact
- missed miscarriage
- mishap
- oops
- misgrab
- smidsy
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 CLOSECALL
- "Hello, is this Glenn?"
- "It was a __ for E.T. trying to phone home"
- Cliffhanger outcome, often
- Near miss
- Near miss, e.g.
- Narrow escape
- Reason to say "Whew!"
- It may lead to an argument
- Scare
- Near squeak.
More clues leading to the result CLOSESHAVE
- Narrow escape
- Almost cutting yourself with a razor, e.g.
- Near miss
- *Squeaker
- A Pauline "peril," for instance.
- Narrow escape.
- When destiny's hand intervenes.
- Narrow escape: Colloq.
- Narrow squeak.
- See 42-Across
More clues leading to the result CLOSEONE
More clues leading to the result ALA
- "Heart of Dixie": Abbr.
- C.S.A. state
- Carte preceder
- Carte start
- Chicken ___ king
- Chicken to king bridge
- Deep South st.
- Fla. neighbor
- In the manner of
- Just like
More clues leading to the result SCARE
- Frighten
- Haunted house result
- Kind of tactics
- __ up (gather)
- __ tactics
- __ up (gather, in a way)
- Alarm
- Really frighten
- Freak out
- Frighten the bejeezus out of