The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word SMOTHERED , but the solution may also be CONQUERED which is one of the most recent solution (2001 in Boston Globe).
Overcame crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SMOTHERED | 13 % | 9 |
| CONQUERED | 13 % | 9 |
| SURMOUNTED | 13 % | 10 |
| RODEDOWN | 13 % | 8 |
| MASTERED | 13 % | 8 |
| DEFEATED | 13 % | 8 |
| AWED | 13 % | 4 |
| WON | 13 % | 3 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Overcame
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- defeated
- vanquished
- passed
- reversed
- beat
- overpowered
- filled
- bridged
- conquered
- dominated
- exceeded
- outpaced
Crossword Answer definitions
SMOTHERED verb- To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.
- To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air.
- To reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish
- In cookery: to cook in a close dish.
- To daub or smear.
- To be suffocated.
- To breathe with great difficulty by reason of smoke, dust, close covering or wrapping, or the like.
- (of a fire) to burn very slowly for want of air; smolder.
- To perish, grow feeble, or decline, by suppression or concealment; be stifled; be suppressed or concealed.
- To get in the way of a kick of the ball.
- To get in the way of a kick of the ball, preventing it going very far. When a player is kicking the ball, an opponent who is close enough will reach out with his hands and arms to get over the top of it, so the ball hits his hands after leaving the kicker's boot, dribbling away.
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 SMOTHERED
- Topped liberally, as with gravy
- Suppressed.
- Covered, as steak in onions.
- Overcame.
- Stifled
- Drenched in sauce
More clues leading to the result CONQUERED
More clues leading to the result SURMOUNTED
More clues leading to the result RODEDOWN
More clues leading to the result MASTERED
- Got down cold
- Down pat
- Conquered
- Became a pro at
- Really learned
- Got really good at
- Became skilled in
- Learned completely
- Got down
- Subdued.
More clues leading to the result DEFEATED
- Took down
- Voted down
- Napoleon at Waterloo
- Vanquished
- Frustrated.
- Outscored.
- Overcame
- Beaten
- Got the better of
- Having no spark left
More clues leading to the result AWED
- Blown away
- Filled with wonder
- In wonder
- Knocked off one's socks
- Greatly inspired
- Thunderstruck
- Filled with reverence
- Overcome with reverence
- Blew away
- Impressed