The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word MAR , but the solution may also be ROT which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Spoil crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MAR | 51 % | 3 |
| ROT | 13 % | 3 |
| GOBAD | 12 % | 5 |
| TAINT | 7 % | 5 |
| RUIN | 5 % | 4 |
| TURN | 3 % | 4 |
| DEFACE | 1 % | 6 |
| DECAY | 1 % | 5 |
| BABY | 1 % | 4 |
| VITIATE | 1 % | 7 |
| PAMPER | 1 % | 6 |
| DISFURE | 0 % | 7 |
| ADDLE | 0 % | 5 |
| DOTEUPON | 0 % | 8 |
| SPARETHEROD | 0 % | 11 |
| INJURE | 0 % | 6 |
| BAD | 0 % | 3 |
| GUMUP | 0 % | 5 |
| PLUNDER | 0 % | 7 |
| CURDLE | 0 % | 6 |
| LOUSEUP | 0 % | 7 |
| TROPHY | 0 % | 6 |
| DOTEON | 0 % | 6 |
Why may ROT be the right solution?
The word "rot" can mean to spoil or decay, making it a suitable answer for the clue "spoil".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Spoil
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- frustrate
- impair
- indulge
- thwart
- blow
- pamper
- vitiate
- spoilage
- foil
- mishandle
- coddle
- botch
Crossword Answer definitions
MAR noun- A blemish.
- To spoil; to ruin; to scathe; to damage.
- A small lake.
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 MAR
More clues leading to the result ROT
More clues leading to the result GOBAD
- Rot
- Turn to the dark side
- Spoil
- Turn, in a kitchen
- Putrefy
- Become inedible
- Turn to a life of crime, say
- Curdle, as milk
- Turn stale
- Curdle
More clues leading to the result TAINT
More clues leading to the result RUIN
- Destroy
- Destroyed building
- Downfall
- Reduce to bankruptcy
- The road to __
- Destruction
- Completely botch
- Spoil
- Bankrupt
- Excavation site
More clues leading to the result TURN
More clues leading to the result DEFACE
- Mar
- Make imperfect
- Mar, as with graffiti
- Cover with graffiti, e.g.
- Emulate a graffitist
- Spoil the surface of
- Draw unwelcome graffiti on
- Spray graffiti on
- Scratch up
- Disfigure.
More clues leading to the result DECAY
- Fall into ruin
- Go bad
- Urban ___
- Dentist's concern
- Rot
- Dental problem
- Dental concern
- Break down
- Dental woe
- Crumble away
More clues leading to the result BABY
- Brice's Snooks
- __ boomer
- Spoil
- 1-Down elicitor
- Spoon-feed
- Pamper
- Buggy occupant
- Mollycoddle
- Indulge
- Handle with care
More clues leading to the result VITIATE
- Spoil
- Impair the quality of.
- Impair.
- Render ineffective.
- Weaken.
- Debase
- Corrupt
- Impair
- Impair the quality of
More clues leading to the result PAMPER
- Baby
- Treat like a baby
- Fuss over
- Mollycoddle
- Spoil rotten
- Coddle
- Dote on
- Treat indulgently.
- Coddle.
- Overindulge.
More clues leading to the result DISFURE
More clues leading to the result ADDLE
- Confuse
- Perplex
- Discombobulate
- Muddle
- Dizzy
- Get confused
- Make mad or go bad
- Become rotten, as eggs
- Throw off
- Cause confusion
More clues leading to the result DOTEUPON
More clues leading to the result SPARETHEROD
- Part of a Biblical aphorism
- Start of a famous adage
- Eschew punishment, in an old saw
- Do some spoiling?
- Start of a parental motto
- Create a brat, according to a saying
- Spoil
- Withhold corporal punishment
- Be lenient
- Start of a saying about parental discipline
More clues leading to the result INJURE
More clues leading to the result BAD
- Adverse
- Below standard
- Michael Jackson smash
- Not good
- "___ Boys" (1983)
- "___ Moon Rising"
- Quite inadequate
- Rotten egg, e.g.
- Unfavorable
- Incorrect
More clues leading to the result GUMUP
More clues leading to the result PLUNDER
More clues leading to the result CURDLE
More clues leading to the result LOUSEUP
More clues leading to the result TROPHY
- Cup for some athletes
- Champion's prize
- Prize on top of 78-Across
- Stanley Cup, e.g.
- Prize statue
- Hardware in a case
- Item that might be engraved
- Prize in a case
- Prize on the mantel
- Token of victory