The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word PERIL which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2021.
Risk crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PERIL | 47 % | 5 |
| DARE | 11 % | 4 |
| BET | 9 % | 3 |
| HAZARD | 6 % | 6 |
| JEOPARDIZE | 5 % | 10 |
| WAGER | 5 % | 5 |
| IMPERIL | 5 % | 7 |
| ENDANGER | 3 % | 8 |
| DANGER | 3 % | 6 |
| VENTURE | 3 % | 7 |
| CHANCE | 2 % | 6 |
| GAMBLE | 2 % | 6 |
| DARETO | 2 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Risk
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- take a chance
- hazard
- adventure
- danger
- peril
- lay on the line
- chance
- gamble
- jeopardy
- put on the line
- run a risk
- take chances
Crossword Answer definitions
PERIL noun- A situation of serious and immediate danger.
- Something that causes, contains, or presents danger.
- An event which causes a loss, or the risk of a specific such event.
- To cause to be in danger; to imperil; to risk.
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 PERIL
- Problem for Pauline
- Imminent danger
- Jeopardy
- Danger
- Serious risk
- Threat
- "Use at your own ___"
- Risk exposure
- Situation for Pauline
- Menace
More clues leading to the result DARE
- "You wouldn't __!"
- Challenge
- "How __ you!"
- Challenge word
- Throw caution to the wind
- Truth alternative
- "Truth or __" (Madonna film)
- Have the nerve
- "You don't have the guts to ..." comment
- Have the audacity
More clues leading to the result BET
- Gamble
- Play the point spread
- Play the ponies
- Take the odds
- Wager
- Ante matter
- Put up
- Stake money on
- Play the slots
- Action at a sportsbook
More clues leading to the result HAZARD
- Risk
- See 5-Down
- Danger
- Word before lights or pay
- Peril
- Unavoidable danger
- Avalanche, to a mountaineer
- Golfer's concern
- Sand or water, usually, to a golfer
- Black ice, for one
More clues leading to the result JEOPARDIZE
More clues leading to the result WAGER
- Stake
- Play the ponies
- Jeopardy feature
- Roulette risk
- It's a bet
- Money at stake
- Track transaction
- Vegas venture
- Hazard, in a way
- Bet
More clues leading to the result IMPERIL
- Risk
- Jeopardize
- Put at risk
- Put in danger
- Leave vulnerable
- Endanger.
- Tie Pauline on a track
- Place in danger
- Endanger
- Compromise
More clues leading to the result ENDANGER
- Put at risk
- Imperil
- Risk
- Place at risk
- Put in harm's way
- Jeopardize
- Imperil.
- Put in peril.
- Jeopardize.
- Threaten
More clues leading to the result DANGER
- Peril
- What a skull and crossbones signifies
- Jeopardy
- Fight-or-flight response generator
- "!" on a road sign
- Harm's way
- "Heads up" situation
- Risk
- Cause for alarms
- Thin ice, e.g.
More clues leading to the result VENTURE
- Risky enterprise
- Start-up
- Kind of capital
- Risky undertaking
- Risky business.
- Brave.
- Take a flier
- Bold ___, 1936 Derby winner
- Make, as a guess
- Risk
More clues leading to the result CHANCE
- Park Place neighbor
- Monopoly square
- Luck
- Community Chest kin
- Probability
- "Monopoly" stop
- Luck of the draw
- Monopoly square with a question mark
- Raffle ticket
- "Being There" character
More clues leading to the result GAMBLE
- Play the slots
- Play the ponies
- Take a chance
- Roll the bones in Reno, say
- Take chances
- Long shot, say
- Risk
- Make a bet
- Roll the dice
- Take a risk