The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SMITES , but the solution may also be ATTACKS which is one of the most recent solution (2018 in Wall Street Journal).
Strikes crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SMITES | 19 % | 6 |
| RAPS | 14 % | 4 |
| DELETES | 11 % | 7 |
| BOPS | 11 % | 4 |
| HITS | 8 % | 4 |
| SLAPS | 8 % | 5 |
| OMITS | 3 % | 5 |
| CROSSESOUT | 3 % | 10 |
| ATTACKS | 3 % | 7 |
| WALKOUTS | 3 % | 8 |
| REDLINES | 3 % | 8 |
| HASAT | 3 % | 5 |
| DELES | 3 % | 5 |
| LABORDISPUTES | 3 % | 13 |
| XESOUT | 3 % | 6 |
| EDITSOUT | 3 % | 8 |
| POUNDS | 3 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Strikes
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- hit
- walk out
- move
- smash
- affect
- flick
- fall
- bang
- tap
- discover
- coin
- impress
Crossword Answer definitions
SMITES verb- To hit, to strike.
- To strike down or kill with godly force.
- To injure with divine power.
- To put to rout in battle; to overthrow by war.
- To afflict; to chasten; to punish.
- (now only in passive) To strike with love or infatuation.
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 SMITES
- Clobbers, Bible-style
- Whacks, Bible-style
- Hits, old-style
- Fells with a single blow
- Whacks hard
- Bops, Biblically
- Clobbers
- Hits hard, Biblical-style
- Strikes down, in the Bible
- Hits hard
More clues leading to the result RAPS
- Criticizes
- Knocks sharply
- Makes like Snoop Doggy Dogg
- Knocks
- Hits sharply
- Séance sounds
- Action Bronson songs
- Danny Brown songs
- Does like Lil B
- Shoots the breeze
More clues leading to the result DELETES
More clues leading to the result BOPS
- Whacks
- Conks
- Hits on the head
- Nails with a bean ball
- Socks
- Plays a la Diz
- Hard knocks
- Punches
- Strikes
- Conks on the head
More clues leading to the result HITS
- Google results, and an anagram of 37-Down
- Slugs
- 4-Down selections, more often than not
- Google Analytics data
- Long runners
- Sosa stats
- "Billboard" listings
- "Billboard" entries
- Top 40 songs
- Chart toppers
More clues leading to the result SLAPS
- Reactions to advances, often
- Slides some skin
- Smacks
- Gives a hand?
- High-fives
- Censures
- Insults
- Strikes sharply
- Executes a high five
- Gives a backhand
More clues leading to the result OMITS
- Leaves off
- Skips
- Leaves out
- Bypasses
- Leaves blank
- Skips over
- Disregards
- Doesn't include
- Fails to mention
- Fails to include
More clues leading to the result CROSSESOUT
More clues leading to the result ATTACKS
- Low blows, e.g.
- Goes after
- Storms
- Sets on
- Goes on the offense
- Sets upon
- Charges
- Lays into
- Lights into
- Goes on the offensive
More clues leading to the result WALKOUTS
More clues leading to the result REDLINES
- Drives with the tach above the recommended limit
- Marks off as a poor risk
- Discriminates, as in giving loans
- Strikes
- Hockey rink dividers
- Discriminates, in a way
More clues leading to the result HASAT
- Attacks
- Attacks, as a project
- Undertakes
- Goes after
- Assails
- Tackles
- Attacks vigorously
- Laces into
- Tears into
- Sets upon
More clues leading to the result DELES
- Strikes out
- Removes
- Removes from the page
- Strikes from the script
- Takes out of print?
- Strikeout marks
- X'es out
- Removes from copy
- Takes out of the text
- Strikes from a proof