The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word LOOT , but the solution may also be HAUL which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Spoils crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LOOT | 37 % | 4 |
| ROTS | 24 % | 4 |
| BOOTY | 10 % | 5 |
| TAINTS | 7 % | 6 |
| SWAG | 5 % | 4 |
| DOTESON | 4 % | 7 |
| GOESBAD | 4 % | 7 |
| HAUL | 3 % | 4 |
| RUINS | 2 % | 5 |
| PLUNDER | 1 % | 7 |
| MARS | 1 % | 4 |
| DECAYS | 1 % | 6 |
| DEFACES | 1 % | 7 |
| IMPAIRS | 1 % | 7 |
| THEWINDFALLSOFWAR | 1 % | 17 |
| SOURS | 1 % | 5 |
Why may HAUL be the right solution?
The word "spoils" is a clue that suggests something being taken or acquired. "Haul" fits this clue because it means to transport or carry a large quantity of goods or items, which can be seen as spoils.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Spoils
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- despoliation
- despoilment
- spoliation
- screw up
- thwart
- vitiate
- mar
- corrupt
- spoilage
- go bad
- impair
- louse up
Crossword Answer definitions
LOOT noun- A kind of scoop or ladle, chiefly used to remove the scum from brine-pans in saltworks.
- The act of plundering.
- Plunder, booty, especially from a ransacked city.
- Any prize or profit received for free, especially Christmas presents
- Items dropped by defeated enemies.
- To steal, especially as part of war, riot or other group violence.
- To steal from.
- To examine the corpse of a fallen enemy for loot.
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 LOOT
More clues leading to the result ROTS
More clues leading to the result BOOTY
- Behind
- Moolah looted
- Kidd stuff
- Plundered treasure
- Pirate's plunder
- Pirate's pelf
- Plunder
- Spoils
- Ill-gotten gains
- Pirate riches
More clues leading to the result TAINTS
More clues leading to the result SWAG
- Booty
- Plunder
- Window treatment
- Pelf
- Plunder, slangily
- Promotional items
- Loot
- Stolen goods
- Ill-gotten gains
- Partygoer's freebies
More clues leading to the result DOTESON
- Spoils, perhaps
- Loves to a fault
- Pampers
- Spoils, as a grandchild
- Spoils
- Loves to pieces
- Loves too much
- Pampers too much
- Is overly fond of
- Is overfond of.
More clues leading to the result GOESBAD
More clues leading to the result HAUL
- Drag
- Transport
- Truck
- Big winnings, in slang
- Lug, as a load
- Schlep
- Burglar's booty
- Fishing boat's netful
- Tow
- U follower?
More clues leading to the result RUINS
- Destroys
- Archaeologist's spots
- Archaeologists' interest
- Archaeologist's milieu
- Archaeologist's find
- Wrecks
- Bankrupts
- Archaeological-dig sites
- Archeological digs, usually
- Antioch, nowadays
More clues leading to the result PLUNDER
More clues leading to the result MARS
- The Red Planet
- Popular chocolate bar
- Viking destination
- Its year is 687 Earth days long
- Red planet
- Crooner Bruno
- Setting of the sci-fi story "Out of the Silent Planet"
- Whence the Stranger in "Stranger in a Strange Land"
- What Deimos and Phobos orbit
- Celestial body
More clues leading to the result DECAYS
- Goes to pot
- Breaks down
- Goes to seed
- Goes bad
- Deteriorates
- Turns to compost
- Spoils
- Rots
- Goes downhill
- Molds, e.g.