The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word BENIGHTED which also is the latest solution we found used in Boston Globe in 2009.
Overtaken by dark crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BENIGHTED | 100 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Overtaken by dark
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- benighted
- darkened
- expire
- lapse
- overtake
- nighted
- pick
- pessimism
- alabama
- angel food cake
- baf
- banded purple
Crossword Answer definitions
BENIGHTED verb- (chiefly in passive) To overtake (a traveller etc) with the darkness of night, especially before shelter is reached.
- To darken; to shroud or obscure.
- To plunge or be overwhelmed in moral or intellectual darkness.
- Overtaken by night; especially of a traveller, etc.: caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination.
- Plunged into darkness.
- Lacking education or knowledge; unenlightened; also, lacking morality; immoral, unscrupulous.
- Difficult to understand; abstruse, obscure.
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