The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word TAINTS , but the solution may also be STAINS which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in LA Times).
Sullies crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TAINTS | 33 % | 6 |
| SMEARS | 18 % | 6 |
| SOILS | 9 % | 5 |
| STAINS | 9 % | 6 |
| ASPERSES | 6 % | 8 |
| TARNISHES | 6 % | 9 |
| BLOTS | 3 % | 5 |
| IMBRUES | 3 % | 7 |
| SMUTS | 3 % | 5 |
| LIBELS | 3 % | 6 |
| ATTAINTS | 3 % | 8 |
| DEBAUCHES | 3 % | 9 |
Why may STAINS be the right solution?
The word "sullies" is a verb that means to make something dirty or tarnished. "Stains" is the correct answer because it is a synonym for making something dirty or leaving a mark that is difficult to remove.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sullies
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- taints
- tarnishes
- blackens
- destroys
- undermines
- overshadows
- cheapens
- debases
- diminishes
- besmirches
- embarrasses
- demeans
Crossword Answer definitions
TAINTS noun- A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food
- A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish
- Tincture; hue; colour
- Infection; corruption; deprivation
- A marker indicating that a variable is unsafe and should be subjected to additional security checks.
- To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.
- To spoil (food) by contamination.
- To be infected or corrupted; to be touched by something corrupting.
- To be affected with incipient putrefaction.
- To mark (a variable) as unsafe, so that operations involving it are subject to additional security checks.
- To invalidate (a share capital account) by transferring profits into it.
- A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.
- An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a dishonorable or unscientific manner.
- To damage, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.
- To hit or touch lightly, in tilting.
- To thrust ineffectually with a lance.
- The perineum.
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 TAINTS
More clues leading to the result SMEARS
- Microscope-slide samples
- Lopsided victories
- Faulty applications?
- Bad-mouths
- Campaign materials?
- Slanders
- Campaign mud
- Defamations
- Vilifies
- Defames
More clues leading to the result SOILS
- Disgraces
- Potting needs
- Garden varieties?
- Greenhouse stuff
- Ruins, as a reputation
- Renders unclean
- Potting mixtures
- Dirties
- Agronomists' concerns
- Besmirches
More clues leading to the result STAINS
- Washday woes
- Besmirches
- Spots
- They get taken to the cleaners
- Sign of a bib's use
- Laundry woes
- Discolorations
- Blemishes
- Laundry problems
- Dyes for wood
More clues leading to the result ASPERSES
More clues leading to the result TARNISHES
More clues leading to the result BLOTS
- LSD units
- Rorschach test fodder
- They may be interpreted in a shrink's office
- Ink-spill leftovers
- Reputation demerits
- Soaks up, as a spill
- Discoloring stains
- Uses Bounty, for example
- Ink stains
- Blemishes
More clues leading to the result IMBRUES
More clues leading to the result SMUTS
- Boer leader
- South African statesman Jan
- Former S. African leader
- Notable South African
- South African statesman
- WW II South African prime minister
- Taints with soot
- Head of Union of South Africa.
- Prime Minister of U. S. A.
- Recent host to British royalty.
More clues leading to the result LIBELS
- Speaks ill of
- Smears
- Puts down in writing?
- Puts down in print?
- Risks a lawsuit, in a way
- Abuses freedom of the press, perhaps
- Prints lies about
- Defames in print
- Maligns
- Defames in writing