The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word LAIR , but the solution may also be OASIS which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Retreat crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LAIR | 34 % | 4 |
| DEN | 22 % | 3 |
| NEST | 10 % | 4 |
| NOOK | 5 % | 4 |
| ASYLUM | 3 % | 6 |
| OASIS | 3 % | 5 |
| EBB | 2 % | 3 |
| BACKPEDAL | 2 % | 9 |
| SPA | 2 % | 3 |
| PULLOUT | 1 % | 7 |
| HIDEAWAY | 1 % | 8 |
| BACKTRACK | 1 % | 9 |
| DRAWINONESHORNS | 1 % | 15 |
| MOVEBACK | 1 % | 8 |
| GIVEGROUND | 1 % | 10 |
| IVORYTOWER | 1 % | 10 |
| BACKOFF | 1 % | 7 |
| CLIMBDOWN | 1 % | 9 |
| GIVEWAY | 1 % | 7 |
| RETIRE | 1 % | 6 |
| SANCTUM | 1 % | 7 |
| REFUGE | 1 % | 6 |
| BACKOUT | 1 % | 7 |
| BACKDOWN | 1 % | 8 |
| HIDEOUT | 1 % | 7 |
| EXIT | 1 % | 4 |
| GOBACK | 1 % | 6 |
| RUNFORCOVER | 1 % | 11 |
| FALLBACK | 1 % | 8 |
| BACKAWAY | 1 % | 8 |
| HAVEN | 1 % | 5 |
| MAKEFORTHEHILLS | 1 % | 15 |
Why may OASIS be the right solution?
"Retreat" is a synonym for a peaceful or secluded place, like an oasis in the desert. OASIS fits the definition and is the correct answer.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Retreat
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- withdraw
- recede
- draw back
- retire
- retirement
- pull away
- back out
- retrograde
- back away
- move back
- pull back
- hideaway
Crossword Answer definitions
LAIR noun- A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground.
- A shed or shelter for domestic animals.
- A place inhabited by a criminal or criminals, a superhero or a supervillain; a refuge, retreat, haven or hideaway.
- A bed or resting place.
- A grave; a cemetery plot.
- To rest; to dwell.
- To lay down.
- To bury.
- A bog; a mire.
- To mire.
- To become mired.
- A person who dresses in a showy but tasteless manner and behaves in a vulgar and conceited way; a show-off.
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 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 DEN
- Bear's lair
- Bunch of thieves?
- Cozy room
- Fox hole
- Home office site
- Lair
- Sad tail?
- Scand. nation
- Scout group
- Study
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 NOOK
- Kitchen corner
- Recess
- Small recess
- Apse
- Cranny's partner
- Cozy corner
- Bit of light reading?
- Corner of the house
- Tablet with E Ink
- Breakfast place
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 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 EBB
More clues leading to the result BACKPEDAL
More clues leading to the result SPA
- Fat farm
- Evian or Vichy
- Exercise center
- Fitness center
- Gym
- Health center
- Health resort
- Hot-tub spot
- Massage milieu
- Mineral-spring spot
More clues leading to the result PULLOUT
- Leave
- With 56-Across, use every available means (and instructions regarding 17-Across and 11- and 27-Down)
- Withdraw.
- Retreat
- Back down
- Depart
- Withdraw
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 BACKTRACK
- Return over the same course
- Retrace one's steps
- Retrace one's steps, and what ends of 17-, 25-, 38- and 56-Across can literally have
- Retreat.
- Beat a retreat?
- Return
- *Reverse a position
More clues leading to the result DRAWINONESHORNS
More clues leading to the result MOVEBACK
More clues leading to the result GIVEGROUND
More clues leading to the result IVORYTOWER
- Asylum for the impractical
- Enclave for the impractical
- Enclave of impracticality
- Place sheltered from reality
- Academia, to some
- Tall display of dishwashing liquid?
- Intellectual's retreat
- Place removed from reality
- Academic retreat
- Hideaway for the impractical
More clues leading to the result BACKOFF
- Retreat
- "That's too close!"
- Antonym of "insist"
- Stop insisting
- "Keep your distance!"
- "Uh-uh!"
- "I don't want to fight, man"
More clues leading to the result CLIMBDOWN
More clues leading to the result GIVEWAY
More clues leading to the result RETIRE
- Hit the sack
- Collect Canada Pension
- Go to bed
- Hang 'em up
- Leave work
- Put out to pasture
- Withdraw
- What kids don't like to do at a slumber party
- Receive a golden handshake, perhaps
- Stop working
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 REFUGE
- Shelter
- Safe haven
- Retreat
- Place of cover
- Wildlife protection area
- Storm shelter, say
- Harbor
- Safe place
- Place of protection
- Port in a storm
More clues leading to the result BACKOUT
More clues leading to the result BACKDOWN
More clues leading to the result HIDEOUT
- Lay low
- Place to lay low
- Lair
- Lamster's "hole"
- Crook's lair
- Bandits' haven
- Place to lie low
- Gangster's refuge.
- Place of concealment.
- Safe retreat.
More clues leading to the result EXIT
- Door, at times
- Leave the stage
- Part of a cloverleaf
- Theater sign
- Adit's opposite
- Door sign
- Stage direction
- Departure
- Fire-escape sign
- Kind of poll
More clues leading to the result GOBACK
More clues leading to the result RUNFORCOVER
More clues leading to the result FALLBACK
- Retreat
- "Spring forward" partner (a reminder for November 5th) ... and what the last word of each answer to a starred clue can literally have
- Give way.
- Plan B
More clues leading to the result BACKAWAY
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