The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word STIGMA , but the solution may also be STAIN which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Reputation ruiner crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STIGMA | 20 % | 6 |
| SCANDALOUSRUMOR | 20 % | 15 |
| SMEARER | 10 % | 7 |
| HATCHETJOB | 10 % | 10 |
| LIBEL | 10 % | 5 |
| STAIN | 10 % | 5 |
| DIRT | 10 % | 4 |
| BLOT | 10 % | 4 |
Why may STAIN be the right solution?
The answer "STAIN" is the right solution because a stain can ruin someone's reputation by tarnishing their character or public image.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Reputation ruiner
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- scandal
- disgrace
- stain
- smear
- injurious
- denigrate
- defamatory
- scandalized
- derogatory
- traduction
- pan
- slander
Crossword Answer definitions
STIGMA noun- A mark of infamy or disgrace.
- A scar or birthmark.
- (chiefly in the plural stigmata) A mark on the body corresponding to one of the wounds of the Crucifixion on Jesus' body, and sometimes reported to bleed periodically.
- The sticky part of a flower that receives pollen during pollination.
- A visible sign or characteristic of a disease.
- A ligature of the Greek letters sigma and tau, (Ϛ/ϛ).
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 STIGMA
- Mark of disgrace
- Sign of disgrace
- Mark of shame
- Blot
- Hawthorne's "scarlet letter," e.g.
- Brand of disgrace
- Bad branding?
- Mark of infamy
- Black eye
- Scarlet letter, e.g.
More clues leading to the result SCANDALOUSRUMOR
More clues leading to the result SMEARER
- Finger painter
- Vilifier
- Mudslinging pol
- Reputation ruiner
- Nasty politico
- Slanderous speaker
- Dirty politician, perhaps
- Nasty campaigner
- Foul pol
- Desperate politician during a campaign, perhaps
More clues leading to the result HATCHETJOB
- Crude effort
- Malicious critique
- Devastating review, say
- Unfair criticism
- George's deed, in a way.
- Backstabber's act?
- Malicious attack
- Reputation ruiner
- Poison-pen act
More clues leading to the result LIBEL
- Defame in print
- Defame in writing
- Type of suit
- Material for a then-record £8,000 Liberace suit in 1959
- Absence of Malice topic
- Smear in ink
- Smear in print
- Defamation
- Calumny's kin
- What Wilde sued the marquess of Queensberry for
More clues leading to the result STAIN
- Leaky-pen consequence
- Mark of disgrace
- Woodworker's need
- Blemish
- Blotch
- Discoloration
- Sully
- "The Human ___" (Philip Roth)
- Disgrace
- Finish up some furniture
More clues leading to the result DIRT
- Garden soil
- Something to dish
- Earth
- Gossip
- Gossip's gab
- Foe of Ajax
- Gossip-column fodder
- Kind of farmer
- Malicious gossip
- Tabloid talk