The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word TRAP which also is the latest solution we found used in Universal uClick in 2021.
Pitfall crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
TRAP | 75 % | 4 |
SNARE | 17 % | 5 |
BOOBYTRAP | 3 % | 9 |
POWDERKEG | 1 % | 9 |
MINEFIELD | 1 % | 9 |
QUICKSAND | 1 % | 9 |
SNAG | 1 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Pitfall
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- pit
- snare
- trap
- mousetrap
- scavenger
- catch
- barrier
- setup
- ambush
- hole
- petard
- obstacle
Crossword Answer definitions
TRAP noun- A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body.
- A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.
- A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor.
- A kind of movable stepladder or set of stairs.
- A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball
- The game of trapball itself.
- Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object.
- A bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents the escape of noxious gases, but permits the flow of liquids.
- A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for lack of an outlet.
- A light two-wheeled carriage with springs.
- A person's mouth.
- (in the plural) Belongings.
- A cubicle (in a public toilet).
- Trapshooting.
- A geological structure that creates a petroleum reservoir.
- An exception generated by the processor or by an external event.
- A mining license inspector during the Australian gold rush.
- A vehicle, residential building, or sidewalk corner where drugs are manufactured, packaged, or sold. (Also used attributively to describe things which are used for the sale of drugs, e.g. "a trap phone", "a trap car".)
- A fictional character from anime, or related media, who is coded as or has qualities typically associated with a gender other than the character's ostensible gender; otokonoko.
- A trans woman, transfeminine person, or crossdressing man.
- A genre of hip-hop music, with half-time drums and heavy sub-bass.
- The money earned by a prostitute for a pimp.
- To physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap.
- To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.
- To provide with a trap.
- To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game
- To leave suddenly, to flee.
- To sell illegal drugs, especially in a public area.
- To capture (e.g. an error) in order to handle or process it.
- To attend to and open and close a (trap-)door.
- A dark coloured igneous rock, now used to designate any non-volcanic, non-granitic igneous rock; trap rock.
- To dress with ornaments; to adorn (especially said of horses).
- The trapezius muscle.
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 TRAP
- "The Parent ____"
- "The Tender ___"
- Clay-pigeon launcher
- Mouth, slangily
- Pitfall
- Ensnare
- Golf course hazard
- Golf hazard
- Headache for Tiger Woods
- Lint spot
More clues leading to the result SNARE
- Cymbal's neighbor
- Tom-tom neighbor
- Trap
- Game keeper
- Part of Buddy Rich's kit
- Drum
- Part of Krupa's kit
- Part of a drum set
- Cymbal neighbor
- Drum that would be an apt instrument for trap music?
More clues leading to the result BOOBYTRAP
- Pitfall
- Hidden danger
- Devious device to catch the unwary
- *Hidden hazard
- Snare: Slang.
- Pitfall!
- Hidden danger (... letters 9-5)
- Surprise for the unwary
More clues leading to the result POWDERKEG
- Explosion waiting to happen
- Potentially explosive situation
- Explosive situation
- Tense situation
- Cold war, e.g.
- Volatile situation
- Dangerous situation
- Potentially dangerous situation
- Symbol of a highly explosive situation.
- Explosive situation.
More clues leading to the result MINEFIELD
- Forty-niner's profession?
- Treacherous place
- Dangerous situation
- Treacherous expanse
- Pitfall!
- Potentially dangerous situation
- Treacherous situation
More clues leading to the result QUICKSAND
- Marsh hazard
- Bog material
- Hazard in jungle movies
- Movie-serial hazard
- Treacherous trap.
- Treacherous ground.
- Unsafe footing.
- Treacherous footing
- Pitfall of sorts
- George in a hurry?