The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word FOE which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2024.
Rival crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FOE | 35 % | 3 |
| EMULATE | 35 % | 7 |
| VIE | 8 % | 3 |
| EMULANT | 6 % | 7 |
| ENEMY | 6 % | 5 |
| MATCH | 2 % | 5 |
| VIER | 2 % | 4 |
| OPPONENT | 2 % | 8 |
| EMULATOR | 2 % | 8 |
| CONTENDER | 2 % | 9 |
Why may VIE be the right solution?
The answer "VIE" is the right solution because it means to compete or contend with someone as a rival.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Rival
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- competitor
- competitory
- challenger
- competition
- competing
- contender
- competitive
- touch
- equal
- match
- rivalry
- vier
Crossword Answer definitions
FOE noun- An enemy.
- Hostile.
- A unit of energy equal to 1044 joules.
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 FOE
- Adversary
- Word in a sentry's question
- Hostile force
- Rival
- Frenemy, e.g.
- Any member of the other team
- Dr. Evil, to Austin Powers
- Enemy
- Goldfinger, to Bond
- One locked in mortal combat
More clues leading to the result EMULATE
More clues leading to the result VIE
More clues leading to the result EMULANT
More clues leading to the result ENEMY
- Foe
- Antagonist
- No friend
- Opponent
- Bad guy
- Mortal ___
- Person on one of Nixon's lists
- Shredder, to Michaelangelo, e.g.
- Foeman
- Adversary
More clues leading to the result MATCH
- Competition
- Concentration objective
- Struck item
- Contest
- Tennis contest
- Stick in a book
- Item in a book
- Go together
- "Three on a ___" (1932 Bette Davis melodrama)
- Lighter alternative
More clues leading to the result VIER
- Contestant
- Zwei + zwei
- Half of "acht"
- Contender
- One in competition
- "Zwei" squared
- Twice zwei
- Zwei and zwei
- Competitor
- One competing
More clues leading to the result OPPONENT
- Adlai Stevenson, to 44 Down
- Frazier, to Ali
- Yankees, to the Red Sox
- Rival
- Adversary
- Antagonist
- Foe
- Adversary.
- Ali, to Frazier at Manila
- Tilden, to Hayes
More clues leading to the result EMULATOR
- Copy cat
- It will let you play Atari games on your computer
- Computer program, perhaps
- Copier
- Rival.
- Rival of a sort
- Mimic, in computerese