The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word FOIL , but the solution may also be HINDER which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in LA Times).
Thwart crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FOIL | 37 % | 4 |
| STYMIE | 21 % | 6 |
| HINDER | 7 % | 6 |
| BALK | 6 % | 4 |
| AVERT | 6 % | 5 |
| HOGTIE | 5 % | 6 |
| CROSS | 4 % | 5 |
| DETER | 2 % | 5 |
| STYMY | 2 % | 5 |
| HAMSTRING | 2 % | 9 |
| PREVENT | 2 % | 7 |
| STULTIFY | 2 % | 8 |
| FRUSTRATE | 1 % | 9 |
| NIPINTHEBUD | 1 % | 11 |
| TRAVERSE | 1 % | 8 |
| BAFFLE | 1 % | 6 |
| IMPEDE | 1 % | 6 |
| OUTFLANK | 1 % | 8 |
Why may HINDER be the right solution?
The word "HINDER" means to create obstacles or difficulties, which is synonymous with "thwarting" someone's plans or progress. Therefore, "HINDER" is the right answer for the clue "Thwart."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Thwart
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- spoil
- frustrate
- baffle
- scotch
- queer
- cross
- foil
- bilk
- cross thwart
- obstruct
- impede
- stop
Crossword Answer definitions
FOIL noun- A very thin sheet of metal.
- Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food.
- A thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant.
- (authorship) In literature, theatre/theater, etc., a character who helps emphasize the traits of the main character and who usually acts as an opponent or antagonist.
- Anything that acts by contrast to emphasise the characteristics of something.
- A very thin sword with a blunted (or foiled) tip
- A thin, transparent plastic material on which marks are made and projected for the purposes of presentation. See transparency.
- A stylized flower or leaf.
- A hydrofoil.
- An aerofoil/airfoil.
- To cover or wrap with foil.
- Failure when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.
- One of the incorrect answers presented in a multiple-choice test.
- To prevent (something) from being accomplished.
- To prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.
- To blunt; to dull; to spoil.
- To tread underfoot; to trample.
- The track of an animal.
- To expand a product of two or more algebraic expressions, typically binomials.
- To defile; to soil.
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 FOIL
- Dueler's weapon
- Light sword
- Thwart
- Straight man
- Candy wrapper
- Cover-up for leftovers
- It can cover your lunch
- Sword for a fencer
- It's a wrap
- Thwart the villain
More clues leading to the result STYMIE
More clues leading to the result HINDER
- Get in the way of
- Thwart
- Slow down
- Obstruct
- Encumber
- Try to prevent, as an investigation
- Impede
- Block
- Be an obstacle to
- Stymie
More clues leading to the result BALK
- Act the mule, maybe
- Umpire's decision
- Foil
- Pitcher's misstep
- Pitcher's error
- Pitcher's mistake
- Flinch
- Pitching infraction
- Refuse to cooperate
- Mound miscue
More clues leading to the result AVERT
More clues leading to the result HOGTIE
- Thwart
- Render helpless
- Hamper
- Immobilize, at a rodeo
- Immobilize, rodeo-style
- Stymie
- Forestall
- Restrict
- Stymie, in a porcine way
- Bind to prevent escape.
More clues leading to the result CROSS
- Peevish
- In a nasty mood
- Intersect
- Church figure
- Fit to be tied
- In a bad mood
- Liable to lose it
- Bad-tempered
- Irritated
- Vampire protection
More clues leading to the result DETER
More clues leading to the result STYMY
More clues leading to the result HAMSTRING
- Knee tendon
- Thwart
- Target of pre-race stretching
- Leg tendon
- Upper leg muscle
- Disable.
- It may be pulled on a field
- A pull on one's leg?
More clues leading to the result PREVENT
More clues leading to the result STULTIFY
More clues leading to the result FRUSTRATE
More clues leading to the result NIPINTHEBUD
- Bit of liquor in beer?
- Stop early on, as a problem
- Put an early end to
- Keep from going too far
- Stop early
- Resolve early, as a problem
- Thwart
- Put an early stop to, literally
- Stop before it can grow bigger
- Stop at the outset
More clues leading to the result TRAVERSE
- Move across
- Ford
- Extend over
- Go from border to border
- Kind of curtain rod
- Pass over
- Cross
- Pass through
- Go from 1-Across to 53-Down
- Pass through.
More clues leading to the result BAFFLE
- Perplex
- Present a poser to
- Discombobulate
- Deflecting screen
- Confuse
- Stump
- Stymie
- Puzzle
- Foil or check.
- Frustrate.
More clues leading to the result IMPEDE
- Slow down
- Get in the way
- Slow the progress of
- Delay
- Hinder
- Obstruct
- Block
- Get in the way of
- Hold back
- Interfere with