The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word BANE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2020.
Scourge crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BANE | 78 % | 4 |
| LASH | 8 % | 4 |
| BLIGHT | 4 % | 6 |
| TERROR | 4 % | 6 |
| STRAP | 2 % | 5 |
| KNOUT | 2 % | 5 |
| CURSE | 2 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Scourge
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- bane
- terror
- threat
- curse
- nemesis
- flagellate
- affliction
- ordeal
- suffering
- harm
- nuisance
- plight
Crossword Answer definitions
BANE noun- A cause of misery or death.
- Poison, especially any of several poisonous plants.
- A killer, murderer, slayer.
- Destruction; death.
- A disease of sheep.
- To kill, especially by poison; to be the poison of.
- To be the bane of.
- Bone
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 BANE
- Deadly poison
- Ruination
- Thorn in one's side
- Canker
- Cause of ruination
- Curse
- Opposite of 5D
- Source of ruin
- Ruin
- Bête noire
More clues leading to the result LASH
- LaRue of the oaters
- Tie up
- Flog
- Punishment unit
- Scathe
- Tongue-__ (scold)
- Famous La Rue
- Follows back and eye
- Whip
- Tie securely
More clues leading to the result BLIGHT
More clues leading to the result TERROR
- Extreme fright
- Panic
- King trademark
- White-knuckle emotion
- Cause of trembling
- Holy figure?
- Awful brat
- Dread
- Intense fear
- Brat
More clues leading to the result STRAP
- Bale together
- Leather strip
- Sandal part
- Flogging tool
- Put a financial burden on
- Sandal feature
- Standee's support
- Harness part
- Backpack handle
- Bra feature
More clues leading to the result KNOUT
- Russian whip
- Flogger's whip
- Russian whip.
- Kind of whip.
- Whip.
- Leather whip.
- Flagellum.
- Flogging whip.
- Cossack's leather whip
- Flogging whip