The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word RISKY , but the solution may also be UNSAFE which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in Wall Street Journal).
Perilous crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RISKY | 47 % | 5 |
| UNSAFE | 37 % | 6 |
| CRITICAL | 11 % | 8 |
| BESETWITHDANGER | 5 % | 15 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Perilous
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- parlous
- dangerous
- precarious
- unsafe
- touch-and-go
- hazardous
- hazard
- risky
- challenging
- daring
- critical
- harmful
Crossword Answer definitions
RISKY adjective- Dangerous, involving risks.
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 RISKY
- Touch and go
- Likely to fail
- Hazardous
- Fraught with peril
- Foolhardy
- Dangerous
- Speculative
- Touch-and-go
- Perilous
- Dicey
More clues leading to the result UNSAFE
- Like a firetrap
- Perilous
- Risky
- More than risky
- Hazardous
- "___ at Any Speed"
- Violating a code, perhaps
- Precarious
- Dicey
- More than a little risky
More clues leading to the result CRITICAL
- Perilous
- Kind of analysis
- Make-or-break
- Decisive
- Faultfinding
- Key
- Censorious.
- Discriminating.
- Decisive.
- Captious.