The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word RUCK which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1954.
The horses left behind in a race crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RUCK | 100 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: The horses left behind in a race
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Crossword Answer definitions
RUCK noun- A throng or crowd of people or things; a mass, a pack.
- In Australian rules football
- The situation formed when a player carrying the ball is brought to the ground and one or more members of each side are engaged above the ball, trying to win possession of it; a loose scrum.
- The common mass of people or things; the ordinary ranks.
- To act as a ruck in a stoppage in Australian rules football.
- To contest the possession of the ball in a ruck.
- A crease, a wrinkle, a pucker, as on fabric.
- To crease or fold.
- To become folded.
- To cower or huddle together; to squat; to sit, as a hen on eggs.
- An enormous mythical bird in Eastern legend.
- Rocuronium.
- A rucksack; a large backpack.
- To carry a backpack while hiking or marching.
- A small heifer.
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