Answer to "Shot in the dark" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word STAB , but the solution may also be GUESS which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in LA Times).

Shot in the dark crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
STAB	65 %	4
GUESS	25 %	5
WILDGUESS	5 %	9
INFRAREDPICTURE	2 %	15
UNEDUCATEDGUESS	2 %	15
LASTDITCHEFFORT	2 %	15

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Shot in the dark

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• stab in the dark
• crapshoot
• leap in the dark
• roll of the dice
• shotgun approach
• pot shot
• warning shot
• throw of the dice
• fighting chance
• shoot
• shot across the bow
• dead giveaway

Crossword Answer definitions

STAB noun

1. An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.
2. A wound made by stabbing.
3. Pain inflicted on a person's feelings.
4. An attempt.
5. Criticism.
6. A single staccato chord that adds dramatic impact to a composition.
7. A bacterial culture made by inoculating a solid medium, such as gelatin, with the puncture of a needle or wire.

STAB verb

1. To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a pointed tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.
2. To thrust in a stabbing motion.
3. To recklessly hit with the tip of a pointed object, such as a weapon or finger (often used with at).
4. To cause a sharp, painful sensation (often used with at).
5. To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander.
6. To roughen a brick wall with a pick so as to hold plaster.
7. To pierce folded sheets, near their back edges, for the passage of thread or wire.

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 STAB

• Attempt
• Pierce
• Spear
• Wild guess
• Brief attempt
• Grab with a fork
• Make a try at
• Try
• Poke with a pick
• Stick with a shiv, say

More clues leading to the result GUESS

• "__ Who's Coming to Dinner"
• It might be wild
• Random shot
• Word with wild or educated
• Speculate
• Take a stab
• Surmise
• Baffled person's response, perhaps
• Conjecture
• Shot in the dark

More clues leading to the result WILDGUESS

• Shot in the dark
• Stab
• Bit of idle speculation

More clues leading to the result INFRAREDPICTURE

• Shot in the dark

More clues leading to the result UNEDUCATEDGUESS

• Shot in the dark

More clues leading to the result LASTDITCHEFFORT

• Desperate act
• It's tried when all else fails
• Desperation act
• When-all-else-fails act
• Act of desperation
• Final, desperate attempt
• Quitting precursor, perhaps
• Desperate try
• Final try
• Shot in the dark