The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word EKE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Scratch (out) crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EKE | 85 % | 3 |
| ERASE | 9 % | 5 |
| RASE | 5 % | 4 |
| EFFACE | 2 % | 6 |
Why may EKE be the right solution?
"EKE" means to make a living with difficulty or to barely scrape by. "Scratch (out)" can mean to barely manage to write or create something, which aligns with the definition of "EKE".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Scratch (out)
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- cut out
- scratch
- rub out
- cross out
- cratch
- strike
- rase
- wipe off
- blank out
- bescratch
- strike out
- x out
Crossword Answer definitions
EKE noun- (obsolete except Britain) An addition.
- A small stand on which a beehive is placed.
- A spacer put between or over or under hive parts to make more space: see http//www.dave-cushman.net/bee/eke.html
- Chiefly in the form eke out: to add to, to augment; to increase; to lengthen.
- Also; in addition to.
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 EKE
- Barely make do
- Manage, with "out"
- Scratch (out)
- Squeeze (out)
- __ out a living
- Barely manage
- Get with great effort
- Make do
- Scratch out a living
- Supplements (with out)
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 RASE
- Tear down, in England
- Flatten the flat
- Level, in Britain
- Scratch out
- Demolish, in Devon
- Tear down, in Great Britain
- Flatten, in Folkestone
- Flatten, to Mountbatten
- Flatten a flat
- Level, in Leeds