The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word FAINTS , but the solution may also be METES which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Passes out crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FAINTS | 34 % | 6 |
| DEALS | 16 % | 5 |
| ZONKS | 16 % | 5 |
| METES | 13 % | 5 |
| DOLES | 9 % | 5 |
| SWOONS | 6 % | 6 |
| SERVES | 3 % | 6 |
| CONKS | 3 % | 5 |
Why may METES be the right solution?
"Passes" can mean "distributes" or "gives out", while "metes" means "distributes" or "allots", making it a suitable answer for the clue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Passes out
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- pass out
- passed out
- faints
- unconsciousness
- lose consciousness
- unconscious
- fainted
- out cold
- fainting
- knocked out
- fall over
- comatose
Crossword Answer definitions
FAINTS noun- The act of fainting, syncope.
- The state of one who has fainted; a swoon.
- To lose consciousness through a lack of oxygen or nutrients to the brain, usually as a result of suddenly reduced blood flow (may be caused by emotional trauma, loss of blood or various medical conditions).
- To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.
- To decay; to disappear; to vanish.
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 FAINTS
More clues leading to the result DEALS
- Issues cards
- Bargains
- Has to do (with)
- Passes out
- Trades (in)
- Monty Hall's machinations
- Gives a hand?
- Business arrangements
- Some are raw
- Gives out
More clues leading to the result ZONKS
- Knocks (out)
- Intoxicates
- Passes (out)
- Beats badly
- "Let's Make a Deal" booby prizes
- Clobbers
- Lousy prizes on "Let's Make a Deal"
- Drops off, with "out"
- Crashes, with "out"
- Sedates, slangily
More clues leading to the result METES
- Apportions, with "out"
- Distributes
- Parcels (out)
- Administers, with "out"
- Doles (out)
- Divides (out)
- Portions (out)
- Passes out
- Allots, with "out"
- Doles
More clues leading to the result DOLES
- Bob and Elizabeth
- Kansans Robert and Elizabeth
- Robert and Elizabeth
- Distributes, with "out"
- Gives sparingly
- Passes out
- Hands (out)
- Hands out
- Past and future presidential hopefuls
- Allots, with "out"
More clues leading to the result SWOONS
- Dramatic faints
- Plotzes
- Faints
- Has a fainting fit
- Reacts to a matinée idol, perhaps
- Blacks out
- Goes weak in the knees
- Passes out
- Needs a fainting couch
- Gets weak in the knees
More clues leading to the result SERVES
- Starts a ping-pong game
- Brings to the board
- Starts a rally
- Starts the tennis point
- Tries to make a point?
- Acts as the waiter
- Starts a tennis game
- Tennis match starters
- Aces, e.g.
- Does military duty.