The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word DETONATE , but the solution may also be TRIP which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Set off crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DETONATE | 14 % | 8 |
| IGNITE | 14 % | 6 |
| TRIP | 12 % | 4 |
| TRIGGER | 7 % | 7 |
| EMBARK | 6 % | 6 |
| BEGAN | 6 % | 5 |
| LIT | 6 % | 3 |
| IGNITED | 6 % | 7 |
| LEAVE | 3 % | 5 |
| EMBARKED | 3 % | 8 |
| APART | 3 % | 5 |
| WENT | 3 % | 4 |
| TRIGGERED | 3 % | 9 |
| INITIATE | 3 % | 8 |
| STARTOUT | 1 % | 8 |
| START | 1 % | 5 |
| DETONATED | 1 % | 9 |
| STARTED | 1 % | 7 |
| ADORN | 1 % | 5 |
| SPARK | 1 % | 5 |
| LAYASIDE | 1 % | 8 |
| IRK | 1 % | 3 |
Why may TRIP be the right solution?
The answer to "Set off" is "TRIP" because a trip can refer to setting off on a journey or traveling somewhere.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Set off
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- offset
- detonate
- cancel
- take off
- explode
- trigger
- activate
- depart
- blow up
- trip
- actuate
- start
Crossword Answer definitions
DETONATE verb- To explode; to blow up. Specifically, to combust supersonically via shock compression.
- To cause to explode.
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 DETONATE
- Explode with violence
- Cause to explode
- Explode with suddenness
- Set off
- Blow up
- Go boom
- Go off
- Explode.
- What cannon do.
- Go off.
More clues leading to the result IGNITE
- Set afire
- Set off
- Spark up
- Set ablaze
- Set 3-Down to
- Put a match to
- Start burning
- Touch off
- Begin burning
- Set on fire
More clues leading to the result TRIP
- Sojourn
- Set off
- Stumble
- Memorable entrance
- Word with ego or field
- Junket
- Ungraceful entrance
- __ the light fantastic
- Acid effect
- Honeymoon, e.g.
More clues leading to the result TRIGGER
- Finger lever
- Set off
- Activate
- "The smartest horse in the movies"
- Roy Rogers' co-star.
- Noted movie equine.
- Roy Rogers' horse.
- Famous movie horse.
- Roy Rogers's palomino
- Roy Rogers's steed
More clues leading to the result EMBARK
- Set sail
- Start off
- Set off
- Board
- Board, as for a voyage
- Set out
- Set out (on)
- Start on a journey
- Start a cruise
- Leave on a trip
More clues leading to the result BEGAN
- Took the first step
- Started
- Got the ball rolling
- Inaugurated
- Kicked off
- Started off
- Opened
- Commenced
- Got started with
- Raised the curtain, perhaps
More clues leading to the result LIT
- Aglow
- Kindled
- Struck a match
- Touched down
- Put a match to
- Set on fire
- Pickled
- Turnt up
- Beyond tipsy
- All fired up?
More clues leading to the result IGNITED
More clues leading to the result LEAVE
- French __ (abrupt departure)
- Take a powder
- Permission
- Shove off
- "Scramola!"
- Maternity ___
- Skedaddle
- Use the eggsit
- Army vacation
- Split
More clues leading to the result EMBARKED
- Set off
- Began a voyage
- Left on a sloop
- Left port
- Got on board
- Boarded a ship
- Used a gangplank
- Started out
- Started out (on), as a journey
- Made a start
More clues leading to the result APART
- In pieces
- Not together
- Separated
- Asunder
- Isolated
- One from another
- Doing long-distance, say
- Distinct (from)
- No longer dating
- Put away from everything
More clues leading to the result WENT
- Flew the coop
- Moved freely
- Left
- Departed
- Left the scene
- Took a vacation
- Traveled
- Took off
- Took place, with "on"
- Endured, with "through"
More clues leading to the result TRIGGERED
More clues leading to the result INITIATE
More clues leading to the result STARTOUT
- Begin
- Set off
- Embark.
- Enter upon some course of action.
- Set sail.
- Begin.
- Leave.
- Embark
- Get going
- Drop or fall?
More clues leading to the result START
- Kick off
- Square one
- Begin
- Open
- Set in motion
- Appropriate word here?
- Hit the trail
- Select neighbor, on old controllers
- Instructions, part 3
- Set moving
More clues leading to the result DETONATED
More clues leading to the result STARTED
- "I Can't Get __"
- Turned the switch
- Began
- See 57-Across
- Kicked off
- Flinched
- Played on the A-team
- Set in motion
- Got going
- Already going
More clues leading to the result ADORN
- Do some trimming
- Hair-spray name
- Add beauty to
- Deck
- Deck the halls
- Embellish
- Decorate
- Dress up
- Bespangle
- Beautify
More clues leading to the result SPARK
- Kind of plug
- Instigate
- Catalyst
- Scintilla
- Bit of fire
- Fire from a plug
- Bit of excitement
- Fire starter
- Touch off
- Fiery particle