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 |
| OASIS | 3 % | 5 |
| ASYLUM | 3 % | 6 |
| EBB | 2 % | 3 |
| BACKPEDAL | 2 % | 9 |
| SPA | 2 % | 3 |
| PULLOUT | 1 % | 7 |
| HIDEAWAY | 1 % | 8 |
| BACKTRACK | 1 % | 9 |
| MOVEBACK | 1 % | 8 |
| GIVEGROUND | 1 % | 10 |
| DRAWINONESHORNS | 1 % | 15 |
| IVORYTOWER | 1 % | 10 |
| FALLBACK | 1 % | 8 |
| BACKAWAY | 1 % | 8 |
| GOBACK | 1 % | 6 |
| RUNFORCOVER | 1 % | 11 |
| MAKEFORTHEHILLS | 1 % | 15 |
| HAVEN | 1 % | 5 |
| CLIMBDOWN | 1 % | 9 |
| BACKOFF | 1 % | 7 |
| GIVEWAY | 1 % | 7 |
| RETIRE | 1 % | 6 |
| REFUGE | 1 % | 6 |
| SANCTUM | 1 % | 7 |
| BACKDOWN | 1 % | 8 |
| HIDEOUT | 1 % | 7 |
| BACKOUT | 1 % | 7 |
| EXIT | 1 % | 4 |
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 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 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 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 MOVEBACK
More clues leading to the result GIVEGROUND
More clues leading to the result DRAWINONESHORNS
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 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 GOBACK
More clues leading to the result RUNFORCOVER
More clues leading to the result MAKEFORTHEHILLS
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 CLIMBDOWN
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 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 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 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 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.