The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word DRUB , but the solution may also be TROUNCE which is one of the most recent solution (2019 in Wall Street Journal).
Shellac crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DRUB | 36 % | 4 |
| TROMP | 27 % | 5 |
| CREAM | 9 % | 5 |
| SLAUGHTER | 5 % | 9 |
| TROUNCE | 5 % | 7 |
| BEAT | 5 % | 4 |
| STOMP | 5 % | 5 |
| ROUT | 5 % | 4 |
| LICK | 5 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Shellac
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- shellac varnish
- varnish
- lacquer
- lacquers
- varnishes
- sandarac
- topcoat
- linseed
- polish
- dewaxed
- acetone
- varnishing
Crossword Answer definitions
DRUB noun- Carbonaceous shale; small coal; slate, dross, or rubbish in coal.
- To beat (someone or something) with a stick.
- To defeat someone soundly; to annihilate or crush.
- To forcefully teach something.
- To criticize harshly; to excoriate.
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 DRUB
- Thrash
- Defeat decisively
- Clobber with a stick
- Beat soundly
- Wipe the floor with
- Clobber
- Defeat handily
- Shellac
- Beat the tar out of
- Wallop but good
More clues leading to the result TROMP
- Beat the pants off
- Walk heavily
- Defeat decisively
- Stamp down
- Shellac
- Tread heavily
- Walk with heavy steps
- Beat badly
- Defeat soundly
- Step heavily
More clues leading to the result CREAM
- Beat the daylights out of
- Defeat decisively
- Word with ice or cold
- Crop top?
- Cold or ice ender
- Best of the best
- 1960s rock group
- Baker, Bruce, and Clapton
- Elite
- Dairy purchase
More clues leading to the result SLAUGHTER
- Trounce
- Ex-Cardinal star
- Member of "The Gashouse Gang"
- Hateful act becomes joyous one
- {/Butchery/}
- Cream
- Blowout, in sports lingo
- Shellac
More clues leading to the result TROUNCE
- Clobber
- Whip in competition
- Make mincemeat of
- Really beat
- Beat handily
- Beat soundly
- Don't just defeat
- Beat badly
- Beat in a laugher
- Defeat badly^TROUNC
More clues leading to the result BEAT
- Cadence
- Exhausted
- Pooped out
- Tired
- Vanquished
- Worn out
- Dog tired
- Kerouac's generation
- Take a switch to
- Cop's rounds
More clues leading to the result STOMP
- Dance at the Savoy, perhaps
- Trounce
- Jazz dance
- Savoy step?
- Percussion-based theatrical troupe
- Really beat
- Toddler's footprint, at times
- Bang your boot
- Foot pound?
- Crush grapes
More clues leading to the result ROUT
- Overthrow
- Scare off
- Sound defeat
- Decisive defeat
- Overwhelming defeat
- Complete ass-kicking
- Occasion for the mercy rule
- Crush in competition
- Contest that might involve a doormat
- Super Bowl XLVIII, e.g.