The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SCOUR , but the solution may also be ABORT which is one of the most recent solution (2016 in LA Times).
Scrub crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SCOUR | 27 % | 5 |
| ABORT | 20 % | 5 |
| ERASE | 10 % | 5 |
| CANCEL | 10 % | 6 |
| CLEAN | 10 % | 5 |
| WASH | 6 % | 4 |
| CALLOFF | 4 % | 7 |
| WASHUP | 4 % | 6 |
| NIX | 4 % | 3 |
| GORSE | 2 % | 5 |
| UNDERBRUSH | 2 % | 10 |
| RUB | 2 % | 3 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Scrub
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- cur
- underbred
- scrub up
- scour
- unimproved
- scouring
- mixed
- mongrel
- crossbred
- chaparral
- bush
- squeezing
Crossword Answer definitions
SCOUR noun- The removal of sediment caused by swiftly moving water.
- A place scoured out by running water, as in the bed of a stream below a waterfall.
- A place where wool is washed to remove grease and impurities prior to processing.
- To clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously, frequently with an abrasive or cleaning agent.
- To remove debris and dirt by purging; to sweep along or off (by a current of water).
- To clear the digestive tract by administering medication that induces defecation or vomiting; to purge.
- To (cause livestock to) suffer from diarrhoea or dysentery.
- To cleanse (without rubbing).
- To search an area thoroughly.
- To run with speed; to scurry.
- To move swiftly over; to brush along.
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 SCOUR
- Comb
- Search high and low
- Deep clean
- Clean the pots
- Hair untangler
- Search thoroughly
- Search very thoroughly
- Scrub hard
- Scrub thoroughly
- Rub and rub and rub
More clues leading to the result ABORT
- Cut short
- Scrub a mission
- End
- Terminate prematurely
- Word shouted when trying to end a mission
- Mission-stopping command
- End early
- Cancel, at NASA
- Cancel a launch
- Cancel, as a mission
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 CANCEL
More clues leading to the result CLEAN
- Without a record
- Jerk's partner
- Pollution free
- Spotless
- Unsullied
- Surname of the Magic Eraser mascot
- Not guilty
- Off drugs
- Straight out of rehab
- Launder
More clues leading to the result WASH
- Clean with water
- Pass muster
- Scrub clean
- Clothes in a basket, say
- It's often left out to dry
- Load of laundry
- Wear's partner
- Weekly chore (or daily, if you have a toddler like me)
- Launder
- Thin coat of ink
More clues leading to the result CALLOFF
More clues leading to the result WASHUP
- Get ready for dinner, say
- Lav
- Arrive on shore, in a way
- Do the dishes
- What Mom would have you do before supper
- Get ready for dinner, maybe
- Get clean before dinner
- Get ready for dinner
- Preprandial order from Mom
- Prepare to eat
More clues leading to the result NIX
- Veto
- Put the kibosh on
- Refuse to allow
- "No way!"
- Cancel
- Strike from the record
- Shoot down
- Give the thumbs-down to
- Reject
- Turn thumbs-down on
More clues leading to the result GORSE
- Furze
- Prickly shrub
- Shrub
- Spiny shrub
- Prickly evergreen
- Deep rough on British golf courses
- Moor shrub
- Spiny wasteland shrub
- Spiny European shrub
- Spiny shrub of Europe