The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ERASE which also is the latest solution we found used in Universal uClick in 2022.
Rub out crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ERASE | 82 % | 5 |
| DOIN | 7 % | 4 |
| EFFACE | 4 % | 6 |
| SLAY | 2 % | 4 |
| UNDO | 1 % | 4 |
| MURDER | 1 % | 6 |
| ERASURE | 1 % | 7 |
| ELIMINATE | 0 % | 9 |
| DELETE | 0 % | 6 |
| KILL | 0 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Rub out
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- erase
- efface
- score out
- wipe off
- extersion
- fling off
- blot out
- wipe up
- razure
- scratch out
- rub in
- clear away
Crossword Answer definitions
ERASE noun- The operation of deleting data.
- To remove markings or information
- To obliterate information from (a storage medium), such as to clear or (with magnetic storage) to demagnetize.
- To obliterate (information) from a storage medium, such as to clear or to overwrite.
- To remove a runner from the bases via a double play or pick off play
- To be erased (have markings removed, have information removed or be cleared of information).
- To disregard (a group, an orientation, etc.); to prevent from having an active role in society.
- To kill; assassinate.
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 ERASE
- Rub out
- Clean the slate
- Delete
- Delete a file
- Destroy
- Expunge
- Free up space, in a way
- Get the lead out?
- Wipe away
- Wipe out
More clues leading to the result DOIN
More clues leading to the result EFFACE
- Wipe out
- Wipe away
- Rub out
- Do away with
- Expunge
- Obligerate
- Wipe out entirely
- Obliterate
- Wipe off completely
- Wear away, as a coin surface
More clues leading to the result SLAY
- Do in the dragon
- Overwhelm with laughter
- Do in
- Dispatch a dragon
- Overwhelm
- Amusingly overwhelm
- Kill
- Do well at a 39-Down
- Emulate Natty Bumppo
- Do in, as a dragon
More clues leading to the result UNDO
More clues leading to the result MURDER
- "___, She Wrote"
- The "it" in many a whodunit
- Group of crows
- "CSI" concern
- Type of mystery
- Collection of crows
- Kind of mystery
- Rub out
- *Very difficult task, in slang
- Scream bloody __
More clues leading to the result ERASURE
- Sign of a slip
- Solver's smudge
- Rub-out
- Sign of a rewrite
- Sign of correction
- Something rubbed out
- Character assassination?
- Palimpsest component
- Solver's smudge?
- Page smudge, possibly
More clues leading to the result ELIMINATE
- Remove
- Weed out
- Knock out of contention
- Drop
- Cut out
- Scratch
- Get rid of.
- Liquidate.
- "___ the negative."
- Exclude.
More clues leading to the result DELETE
- Free up space, in a way
- Remove
- Cancel
- Computer key
- Rubout
- Get rid of
- Remove a file
- Strike out
- Strike
- Nullifying keystroke