The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ERASE which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2022.
Remove crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ERASE | 39 % | 5 |
| DOFF | 17 % | 4 |
| DELE | 13 % | 4 |
| DELETE | 7 % | 6 |
| OUST | 5 % | 4 |
| ELIMINATE | 3 % | 9 |
| EVICT | 2 % | 5 |
| RID | 2 % | 3 |
| DETACH | 1 % | 6 |
| LOP | 1 % | 3 |
| TAKEAWAY | 1 % | 8 |
| XOUT | 1 % | 4 |
| ICINESS | 1 % | 7 |
| STRIP | 1 % | 5 |
| CLEARAWAY | 1 % | 9 |
| DISLODGE | 1 % | 8 |
| DEDUCT | 1 % | 6 |
| WIPE | 1 % | 4 |
| EXPEL | 1 % | 5 |
| UNDO | 1 % | 4 |
| PURGE | 1 % | 5 |
| SHED | 1 % | 4 |
| CLEAR | 1 % | 5 |
| DIVEST | 1 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Remove
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- take
- transfer
- absent
- slay
- hit
- dispatch
- murder
- take away
- take out
- bump off
- get rid of
- move out
Crossword Answer definitions
ERASE noun- The operation of deleting data.
- To remove markings or information
- To obliterate information from (a storage medium), such as to clear or (with magnetic storage) to demagnetize.
- To obliterate (information) from a storage medium, such as to clear or to overwrite.
- To remove a runner from the bases via a double play or pick off play
- To be erased (have markings removed, have information removed or be cleared of information).
- To disregard (a group, an orientation, etc.); to prevent from having an active role in society.
- To kill; assassinate.
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 ERASE
- Rub out
- Clean the slate
- Delete
- Delete a file
- Destroy
- Expunge
- Free up space, in a way
- Get the lead out?
- Wipe away
- Wipe out
More clues leading to the result DOFF
- Remove
- Take off
- Take off (one's hat)
- Tip
- Tip your hat
- Remove, as a cap
- Tip politely
- Remove, as one's hat
- Tip, as a hat
- Remove, as a hat
More clues leading to the result DELE
- Strike out
- Editor's remark
- Strike out, as copy
- Take out
- Mark of omission
- Takeout sign?
- Editor's mark
- Request to remove from a galley
- Takeout order?
- Proofer's word
More clues leading to the result DELETE
- Free up space, in a way
- Remove
- Cancel
- Computer key
- Rubout
- Get rid of
- Remove a file
- Strike out
- Strike
- Nullifying keystroke
More clues leading to the result OUST
- Give the boot to
- Give the heave-ho to
- Throw out
- Give the boot (to)
- Send packing
- Eject
- Evict
- Expel
- Unseat
- Unseat or dethrone
More clues leading to the result ELIMINATE
- Remove
- Weed out
- Knock out of contention
- Drop
- Cut out
- Scratch
- Get rid of.
- Liquidate.
- "___ the negative."
- Exclude.
More clues leading to the result EVICT
- Force out
- Shut out
- Boot out
- Kick out
- Show the door
- Throw out into the street
- Send packing
- Drop a letter?
- Kick out of a flat
- Give the boot to
More clues leading to the result RID
More clues leading to the result DETACH
- Take apart
- Rip off
- Take off
- Break off
- Disengage
- Disconnect, as a notepad page
- Separate
- Become separated
- Remove, as a coupon
- Unfasten
More clues leading to the result LOP
- Cut off
- Remove some branches
- Trim
- Remove, as branches
- Be a branch manager?
- Chop (off)
- Cut (off)
- Cut (off), as branches
- Do some landscaping work, say
- Do some topiary
More clues leading to the result TAKEAWAY
More clues leading to the result XOUT
- Cancel
- Delete
- Eliminate, in a way
- Obliterate
- Strike off a list
- Line through
- Cross off
- Delete, in a way
- Draw a cross over
- Eradicate
More clues leading to the result ICINESS
- Frigidity
- Distance
- Cool manner
- Lack of emotion
- Chilly attitude
- Winter hazard
- Hardly a good reception
- Not a good reception
- Aloof demeanor
- Cool quality
More clues leading to the result STRIP
- Divest
- Husk
- TV series, "77 Sunset ___"
- "77 Sunset ____"
- Bare all
- Landing field
- Police search
- Take it all off
- Disrobe
- Lose a suit?
More clues leading to the result CLEARAWAY
More clues leading to the result DISLODGE
- Unhorse
- Knock loose
- Drive out of hiding
- Force out
- Remove with effort
- Free
- Remove.
- Pry from position.
- Force loose
- Drive out
More clues leading to the result DEDUCT
- Subtract
- Take away
- Take off
- Take off, as a discount
- Take (from)
- Subtract.
- Dock.
- Take away.
- Dock
- Count expenses when figuring taxes
More clues leading to the result WIPE
- Scene shift, in a movie
- Clean dishes
- Use a floor mat
- __ out (fall off one's surfboard)
- Classic film transition
- Desmudge, as a touchscreen
- Squeegee
- Erase
- Film-edit effect
- Help with the dishes
More clues leading to the result EXPEL
- Oust
- Boot out
- Banish for PDAs, say
- Throw out
- Kick out
- Boot
- Toss out
- Remove from school
- Kick out of school
- Give the heave-ho
More clues leading to the result UNDO
More clues leading to the result PURGE
- Remove from office, soviet-style
- Remove, Soviet-style
- Get rid of
- Prove cathartic
- Eliminate, as undesirables
- Stalinesque sweep
- Political housecleaning
- Political ouster
- Cleanse thoroughly
- Free of guilt
More clues leading to the result SHED
- Get hair all over the rug
- Lose hair
- Molt
- Place for the lawn mower
- Repel·
- Shelter
- Cast off
- Get rid of
- Hut
- Repel
More clues leading to the result CLEAR
- Easily understood
- Free from guilt
- Unclouded
- "_____ and Present Danger"
- Loud's partner
- Pass over
- Unblemished
- Weatherman's word
- Unmistakable
- Forecaster's word