The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SCRAPES , but the solution may also be MESSES which is one of the most recent solution (2015 in Wall Street Journal).
Predicaments crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SCRAPES | 26 % | 7 |
| MESSES | 24 % | 6 |
| DILEMMAS | 9 % | 8 |
| JAMS | 9 % | 4 |
| NODES | 6 % | 5 |
| FIXES | 6 % | 5 |
| PICKLES | 3 % | 7 |
| PLIGHTS | 3 % | 7 |
| HOLES | 3 % | 5 |
| SITUATIONS | 3 % | 10 |
| BINDS | 3 % | 5 |
| QUANDARIES | 3 % | 10 |
| PROBLEMS | 3 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Predicaments
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- quandary
- plight
- adversities
- binds
- challenges
- difficulties
- dilemmas
- doldrums
- hardships
- plights
- problems
- scrapes
Crossword Answer definitions
SCRAPES noun- A broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch).
- A fight, especially a fistfight without weapons.
- An awkward set of circumstances.
- A D and C or abortion; or, a miscarriage.
- A shallow depression used by ground birds as a nest; a nest scrape.
- A shallow pit dug as a hideout.
- To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.
- To remove (something) by drawing an object along in this manner.
- To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface.
- To barely manage to achieve.
- To collect or gather, especially without regard to the quality of what is chosen.
- To extract data by automated means from a format not intended to be machine-readable, such as a screenshot or a formatted web page.
- To occupy oneself with getting laboriously.
- To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or similar instrument.
- To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.
- To express disapprobation of (a play, etc.) or to silence (a speaker) by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; usually with down.
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 SCRAPES
- Prepares to paint
- Predicaments
- Rubs the wrong way, maybe
- Tough spots
- Fights
- Abrasions
- Skins, as a knee
- Tough situations
- Pickles
- Sticky wickets
More clues leading to the result MESSES
- Disarrays
- Tampers (with)
- Big jobs for a maid
- Situations that got out of control
- Neatnik's anathemas
- C.F.B. eateries
- Untidy situations
- Pigpens
- Military meals
- Bad spots
More clues leading to the result DILEMMAS
- Predicaments
- Quandaries
- No-win situations
- Perplexing cases.
- Predicaments.
- Situations with horns.
- Sophie's "choice" and others
- Lose-lose situations
- Hard-to-decide predicaments
- Moral posers
More clues leading to the result JAMS
- Tight spots
- Rush hour slowdowns
- Good songs, as it were
- Photocopier woes
- Plays with the band
- Spreads on the table
- Pickles or quandaries
- Printer problems
- Photocopier malfunctions
- Highway hassles
More clues leading to the result NODES
- Swellings
- Network junctions
- Connecting points
- Goose eggs
- Junction points
- Anatomical knots
- Lymphatic system parts
- Intersection points
- Points of juncture
- Crossing points
More clues leading to the result FIXES
- Repairs
- Software updates
- Gets working again
- Puts back together
- Rigs
- Predetermines the outcome, in a way
- Tough spots
- Arranges dishonestly
- Patches up
- Mends
More clues leading to the result PICKLES
- Jams
- Dilemmas: Colloq.
- Popular relish.
- Some spears
- Predicaments
- ... and select guitarist Paul instead?
- Sandwich extras
More clues leading to the result PLIGHTS
More clues leading to the result HOLES
- Wiffle Ball features
- Cavities
- Excavations
- Links spots
- Links segments
- Colander features
- Effects of riddling
- Links targets
- Greens targets
- Doughnut centers
More clues leading to the result SITUATIONS
More clues leading to the result BINDS
- Tight spots
- Finishes a book
- Holds together
- Sticky situations
- Ties up
- Tough spots
- Pickles
- Jams
- Hogties
- Ties together