The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SPILT which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.
Ran over crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SPILT | 67 % | 5 |
| BLED | 17 % | 4 |
| ENDEDLATE | 17 % | 9 |
Why may SPILT be the right solution?
"Ran over" is a phrasal verb that means to overflow or spill. "Spilt" is the past tense of "spill", making it a fitting answer to the clue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Ran over
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- overran
- ran in
- ran down
- ran around
- ran roughshod over
- ran through
- ran behind
- ran about
- went over
- ran a train
- reran
- ran after
Crossword Answer definitions
SPILT verb- To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.
- To spread out or fall out, as above.
- To drop something that was intended to be caught.
- To mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste.
- To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste.
- To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed.
- To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay.
- To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind, so that it can be more easily reefed or furled, or to lessen the strain.
- (Australian politics) To open the leadership of a parliamentary party for re-election.
- To reveal information to an uninformed party.
- (of a knot). To come undone.
- That has been spilt.
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 SPILT
- Like milk in a maxim
- Like milk, at times
- Milk not to cry over?
- Like milk not worth tears
- Knocked over, as a drink
- Overflowed
- On the floor, perhaps
- Like the proverbial milk
- Like proverbial milk
- Like some proverbial milk
More clues leading to the result BLED
- Ran in the wash
- Ran, as colors
- Ran, as in the laundry
- Drained of resources
- Ran
- Needed styptic
- Ran under water?
- Extorted from
- Extorted money from
- Seeped