The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word INFEST which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Overrun crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| INFEST | 58 % | 6 |
| TEEM | 9 % | 4 |
| INVADE | 9 % | 6 |
| RIFE | 4 % | 4 |
| SWARMINTO | 4 % | 9 |
| AWASH | 4 % | 5 |
| FLOOD | 2 % | 5 |
| BESET | 2 % | 5 |
| INFESTED | 2 % | 8 |
| DELUGED | 2 % | 7 |
| WHELM | 2 % | 5 |
Why may INFEST be the right solution?
The word "infest" is a synonym for "overrun," meaning to spread or occupy in large numbers, typically in a harmful or undesirable way.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Overrun
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- run over
- brim over
- overproduction
- overflow
- plagued
- troubled
- infest
- infested
- well over
- overtaking
- overcome
- overcoming
Crossword Answer definitions
INFEST noun- Hostility.
- To inhabit a place in unpleasantly large numbers; to plague, harass.
- (of a parasite) To invade a host plant or animal.
- Mischievous; hurtful; harassing.
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 INFEST
- Overrun
- Invade in great numbers
- Bug out?
- Overrun, as with locusts
- Be parasitic
- Fill (an area), like termites
- Overrun en masse, as ants
- Take over
- Overrun, as with pests
- Plague
More clues leading to the result TEEM
- Abound
- Be fertile
- Rain cats and dogs
- Soft-drink name
- Swarm
- Overrun
- Bristle (with)
- Multiply
- Overflow
- Overflow (with)
More clues leading to the result INVADE
- Occupy
- Trespass upon
- Trespass on
- Enter forcefully
- Enter with hostile intent
- Encroach upon
- Become an occupying force
- Enter aggressively
- Intrude upon, as privacy
- Intrude upon, as one's space
More clues leading to the result RIFE
- Widespread
- Increasingly prevalent
- Teeming
- Abounding
- Prevalent
- Crawling (with)
- Overabundant
- Overflowing (with)
- Stuffed, say
- Abundant
More clues leading to the result SWARMINTO
More clues leading to the result AWASH
- Flooded
- Overflowing
- Up to one's elbows
- Inundated
- Indundated
- Bathed in
- Helplessly inundated
- Swimming
- Up to one's ears (in)
- Sloshing
More clues leading to the result FLOOD
- Deluge
- Johnstown disaster
- Kind of insurance
- Torrent
- Dam buster
- Inundate
- Overflow
- Red River problem of 1996
- Fill, and then some
- Give an engine too much gas
More clues leading to the result BESET
- Plague
- Worry
- Assail
- Attack from all directions
- Under siege
- Harass
- Under attack
- Widely assailed
- Harried
- Hem in
More clues leading to the result INFESTED
- Having a problem, as with termites
- Pest-ridden
- Overran
- Overran, as vermin
- Overrun (with)
- Overrun
- Totally overrun