The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word HAVEN , but the solution may also be ARK which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Refuge crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HAVEN | 31 % | 5 |
| ASYLUM | 13 % | 6 |
| ARK | 13 % | 3 |
| OASIS | 12 % | 5 |
| LAIR | 9 % | 4 |
| SAFEHARBOR | 4 % | 10 |
| NEST | 4 % | 4 |
| HIDEAWAY | 4 % | 8 |
| SAFEAREA | 3 % | 8 |
| HARBOR | 2 % | 6 |
| PORT | 1 % | 4 |
| SHELTER | 1 % | 7 |
| SAFEHAVEN | 1 % | 9 |
| SANCTUM | 1 % | 7 |
| HOMELESSSHELTER | 1 % | 15 |
| LIR | 1 % | 3 |
Why may ARK be the right solution?
The answer "ARK" is a refuge because in the Bible, Noah built an ark to provide refuge from the great flood.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Refuge
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- sanctuary
- asylum
- resort
- safety
- recourse
- shelter
- sheltering
- hideout
- hideaway
- retreat
- protection
- refugees
Crossword Answer definitions
HAVEN noun- A harbour or anchorage protected from the sea.
- (by extension) A place of safety; a refuge or sanctuary.
- (by extension) A peaceful place.
- To put into, or provide with a haven.
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 HAVEN
- Refuge
- Place to escape to
- Sanctuary
- Safe harbor
- Safe spot
- Sheltered spot
- Safe place
- Harbor
- New ___ (Yale locale)
- Any port in a storm
More clues leading to the result ASYLUM
- Political ___
- Refuge
- Safe haven
- Sanctuary
- Place of refuge
- Émigré's hope
- Political ___ (shelter from persecution)
- Political protection
- Retreat
- Haven
More clues leading to the result ARK
- Biblical boat
- Flood insurance?
- Indiana's quest
- __ of the Covenant
- Ararat lander
- Biblical vessel
- Flood craft
- Flood vessel
- Place for couples?
- Noah's craft
More clues leading to the result OASIS
- Refuge
- Spring site
- Bedouin's haven
- Desert stopover
- Relief spot
- Spring out of the sand?
- Watering place
- "Midnight at the __"
- Band that paid $500,000 to Coca-Cola after plagiarizing "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing"
- Cartoon mirage
More clues leading to the result LAIR
- Hideaway
- Leo's lounge
- Place for a cowardly lion?
- Retreat
- Secluded place
- Tiger's den
- Den
- Hidden place
- Hiding place
- Home to Leo
More clues leading to the result SAFEHARBOR
More clues leading to the result NEST
- Aerie
- Bird house?
- Bird's-__ soup
- Digs of twigs
- Duck hawk's digs
- Hornbill home
- Mare's __ (hoax)
- Robin's residence
- See 34A
- Snug place
More clues leading to the result HIDEAWAY
- Lair
- Secluded spot
- Retreat
- Refuge
- Hernando's place
- Fugitive.
- Secret place.
- Refuge.
- Secret spot
- Treehouse or blanket fort, perhaps
More clues leading to the result SAFEAREA
More clues leading to the result HARBOR
- Boston __
- Ship's shelter
- Seaport
- Give shelter to
- Shelter, as criminals
- Safe haven
- Pearl or Plymouth
- Bar ___, Maine
- Hide
- Yacht milieu
More clues leading to the result PORT
- Rich wine
- New York or San Francisco
- Chianti cousin
- What's left?
- __ of Spain, Trinidad
- Cruise stop
- Printer plug-in spot
- Dessert wine
- Vino choice
- Kind of wine
More clues leading to the result SHELTER
- Refuge from rain
- Protect
- Tax ___
- Basic need
- Bus-stop structure
- Air-raid refuge.
- Home, during air raids.
- Abri.
- Underground refuge.
- Refuge from icy blasts.
More clues leading to the result SAFEHAVEN
More clues leading to the result SANCTUM
- Holy place
- Place for pews
- Holy spot
- Private retreat
- Private place
- Retreat
- Refuge
- Place of privacy
- "Inner" holy place
- Man cave, maybe
More clues leading to the result HOMELESSSHELTER
- Place for vagrants
- Mission
- Place for the down-and-out
- Inner city structure
- Mission of a sort
- Refuge
- Refuge, of sorts
- Mission, perhaps