The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word REMAINS which also is the latest solution we found used in Universal uClick in 2013.
Stays behind crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| REMAINS | 50 % | 7 |
| LAGS | 50 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Stays behind
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- lags
- trails
- falls behind
- drops back
- move
- quits
- remains
- sit
- stay
- staying
- lagger
- remain
Crossword Answer definitions
REMAINS noun- (chiefly in the plural) That which is left; relic; remainder.
- (in the plural) That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.
- Posthumous works or productions, especially literary works.
- State of remaining; stay.
- To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.
- To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
- To await; to be left to.
- To continue in a state of being.
- What is left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.
- Historical or archaeological relics.
- The extant writings of a deceased person.
- All that is left of the stock of some things; remnants.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result REMAINS
- Detritus
- Archaeological find
- Lingers
- What's left
- Stays behind
- Is left
- Picked-over items
- Stays
- Stays put
- Doesn't go