The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SCOURGE , but the solution may also be SENTENCE which is one of the most recent solution (1997 in USA Today).
Punishment crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SCOURGE | 25 % | 7 |
| SENTENCE | 25 % | 8 |
| PENANCE | 25 % | 7 |
| RAP | 25 % | 3 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Punishment
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- penalty
- penalization
- penalisation
- punishability
- punitive
- penal
- punished
- punish
- crackdown
- disciplinary
- penance
- retaliation
Crossword Answer definitions
SCOURGE noun- A source of persistent trouble such as pestilence that causes pain and suffering or widespread destruction.
- A means to inflict such pain or destruction.
- A whip, often of leather.
- To strike with a scourge; to flog.
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 SCOURGE
- Source of widespread destruction
- Widespread bane
- Attila, to his enemies
- Whip
- Attila, "The ___ of God"
- Attila, to God?
- Calamity cause
- Source of devastation
- Plague
- Bane
More clues leading to the result SENTENCE
- Pronounce judgement against
- It's handed down
- Judge's pronouncement
- Time to serve
- Prison term
- It's usually measured in years
- Conviction aftermath
- Jail term
- Court punishment
- It's parsed by students
More clues leading to the result PENANCE
- Confession follow-up
- Act of contrition
- Atonement
- Sinner's punishment
- Catholic sacrament
- What a person in a hair shirt is probably doing
- Atonement for sins
- Hail Marys, often
- Catholic sacrament of confession and forgiveness
- Something to do