The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word ROTS which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2020.
Turns crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ROTS | 23 % | 4 |
| ROTATES | 16 % | 7 |
| SOURS | 13 % | 5 |
| SLUES | 10 % | 5 |
| VEERS | 10 % | 5 |
| PIVOTS | 10 % | 6 |
| SPINS | 6 % | 5 |
| WHEELS | 3 % | 6 |
| TWISTS | 3 % | 6 |
| SPOILS | 3 % | 6 |
| SWIVELS | 3 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Turns
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- reverse
- turn to
- bend
- move around
- crook
- turn into
- twist
- grow
- wrick
- tour
- wrench
- become
Crossword Answer definitions
ROTS noun- The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.
- Decaying matter.
- Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs.
- Verbal nonsense.
- To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.
- To decline in function or utility.
- To (cause to) deteriorate in any way, as in morals; to corrupt.
- To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes.
- To spend a long period of time (in an unpleasant place).
- To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.
- To talk nonsense.
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 ROTS
More clues leading to the result ROTATES
- Spins in space
- Turns
- Does a turn?
- Turns around
- Wheels
- What a crankshaft does
- Twirls
- Takes turns
- Spins
- Twirls.
More clues leading to the result SOURS
- Goes bad
- Turns, in a sense
- Turns, as milk
- Turns
- Whiskey concoctions
- Goes bad, as milk
- Whiskey cocktails
- Turns bad
- Whiskey drinks
- Rots
More clues leading to the result SLUES
- Turns sharply
- Turns about
- Turns on an axis
- Pivots
- Swings around
- Heaps and heaps
- Skids
- Swings about
- Pivots sharply
- Veers off course
More clues leading to the result VEERS
- Swerves
- They check things out
- Careens
- Turns hard at the helm
- Dodges a pothole
- Changes course
- Turns sharply
- Changes direction abruptly
- Zigs or zags
- Quick changes
More clues leading to the result PIVOTS
- Turns
- Turning points
- Swivels
- Turns on one foot
- Rotates around a point
- Whirls on one leg
- Whirls on one foot
- Offensive basketball players, sometimes
- Turns.
- Fulcrums.
More clues leading to the result SPINS
- Jaunts
- Draws out
- Makes thread or yarn
- Uses English?
- Makes yarn
- Short drives
- Public relations interpretations
- Joy rides
- Turns the wheel
- Gyrates
More clues leading to the result WHEELS
- Car, synecdochically
- Steering devices
- Alternative to hoofing it
- They may be for training
- Car, so to speak
- Wagon rollers
- Suits
- One's 40 Across, so to speak
- Rotates
- Auto, so to speak
More clues leading to the result TWISTS
- Mystery features
- Surprises in the plot
- Cocktail garnishes
- Plot surprises
- Soft ice cream servings
- Dances like Chubby Checker
- Does a '60s dance
- Pretzel configurations
- Ironic endings
- Gymnastics maneuvers
More clues leading to the result SPOILS
- Victor's get
- Goes bad
- Gets rotten
- Gives away plot points, say
- Turns bad, or is too good to
- Loot taken in war
- Winners' take
- Booty
- Doesn't keep
- Becomes inedible