The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word RIFLE , but the solution may also be LOOT which is one of the most recent solution (2018 in LA Times).
Ransack crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RIFLE | 70 % | 5 |
| LOOT | 21 % | 4 |
| RIFLETHROUGH | 5 % | 12 |
| SEARCH | 2 % | 6 |
| SCOUR | 2 % | 5 |
| RAKE | 2 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Ransack
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- reave
- despoil
- plunder
- pillage
- foray
- rifle
- comb
- strip
- loot
- inspect
- pilfer
- burgle
Crossword Answer definitions
RIFLE noun- A shouldered firearm with a long, rifled barrel to improve range and accuracy.
- (usually plural) A rifleman.
- An artillery piece with a rifled barrel.
- A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes.
- To quickly search through many items (such as papers, the contents of a drawer, a pile of clothing). (See also rifflehttp//verbmall.blogspot.com/2008/05/riffle-or-rifle.html)
- To commit robbery or theft.
- To search with intent to steal; to ransack, pillage or plunder.
- To strip of goods; to rob; to pillage.
- To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.
- To add a spiral groove to a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight in order to improve range and accuracy.
- To cause (a projectile, as a rifle bullet) to travel in a flat ballistic trajectory.
- To move in a flat ballistic trajectory (as a rifle bullet).
- To dispose of in a raffle.
- To engage in a raffle.
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 RIFLE
- Rummage through
- Long gun
- Search with intent to steal
- Sift through
- Bolt-action firearm
- Ransack and rob
- Plunder
- Ransack
- Biathlete's prop
- Drill item
More clues leading to the result LOOT
More clues leading to the result RIFLETHROUGH
More clues leading to the result SEARCH
- Internet look-up
- Prepare to destroy
- Quest
- Google event
- Use an engine, say
- Use AltaVista, e.g.
- Pat down
- Frisk
- "a time to ___, and a time to give up"
- Manhunt
More clues leading to the result SCOUR
- Comb
- Search high and low
- Deep clean
- Clean the pots
- Hair untangler
- Search thoroughly
- Search very thoroughly
- Scrub hard
- Scrub thoroughly
- Rub and rub and rub