Answer to "Turns tail" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word RETREATS , but the solution may also be FLEES which is one of the most recent solution (2010 in LA Times).

Turns tail crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
RETREATS	33 %	8
FLEES	33 %	5
WAGS	33 %	4

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Turns tail

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• turn tail
• turn around
• tail off
• turn back
• turn round
• turning
• tailing
• turn away
• tails
• tailspin
• turn into
• turn to

Crossword Answer definitions

RETREATS verb

1. To treat or deal with (a topic) again or differently.
2. To apply treatment to (an injury, a surface, etc.) again

RETREATS noun

1. The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.
2. The act of reversing direction and receding from a forward position.
3. A peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security.
4. A peaceful, quiet place in which to urinate and defecate: an outhouse; a lavatory.
5. A period of retirement, seclusion, or solitude.
6. A period of meditation, prayer or study.
7. Withdrawal by military force from a dangerous position or from enemy attack.
8. A signal for a military withdrawal.
9. A bugle call or drumbeat signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset, as on a military base.
10. A military ceremony to lower the flag.
11. The move of a piece from a threatened position.

RETREATS verb

1. To withdraw from a position, go back.
2. (of a glacier) To shrink back due to generally warmer temperatures.
3. To slope back.

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 RETREATS

• Pulls back from an attack
• Employee "team-building" events
• Quiet spots
• Falls back
• Chooses discretion over valor?
• Turns tail
• Places of privacy
• Hideaways
• Orderly withdrawals.
• Involuntary withdrawals.

More clues leading to the result FLEES

• Hightails it
• Gets lost
• Takes a powder
• Makes tracks
• Goes on the lam
• Skedaddles
• Gets away
• Skips town
• Takes off
• Makes a run for it

More clues leading to the result WAGS

• Jokers
• Moves back and forth
• Moves one's tail
• Jokesters
• Sources of quips
• Habitual joke crackers
• Moves like a gossip's tongue
• Roguish humorists
• Droll folks
• Witty folks