The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word FELL which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.
Was defeated crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FELL | 20 % | 4 |
| BITTHEDUST | 20 % | 10 |
| LOST | 20 % | 4 |
| METONESWATERLOO | 20 % | 15 |
| LOSTOUT | 20 % | 7 |
Why may FELL be the right solution?
The answer "FELL" is the right solution for the clue "Was defeated" because "fell" means to be overcome or defeated in a battle or competition.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Was defeated
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- lost
- conquered
- overthrown
- lose
- bomb
- wilderness
- lose touch
- lay eggs
- get lost
- lose out
- lose it
- losing
Crossword Answer definitions
FELL noun- A cutting-down of timber.
- The stitching down of a fold of cloth; specifically, the portion of a kilt, from the waist to the seat, where the pleats are stitched down.
- The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.
- To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.
- To strike down, kill, destroy.
- To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.
- An animal skin, hide, pelt.
- Human skin (now only as a metaphorical use of previous sense).
- (obsolete outside Britain) A rocky ridge or chain of mountains.
- (obsolete outside Britain) A wild field or upland moor.
- Of a strong and cruel nature; eager and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless; savage.
- Strong and fiery; biting; keen; sharp; pungent
- Very large; huge.
- Eager; earnest; intent.
- Sharply; fiercely.
- Anger; gall; melancholy.
- The finer portions of ore, which go through the meshes when the ore is sorted by sifting.
- (heading) To be moved downwards.
- To move downwards.
- To happen, to change negatively.
- To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
- To diminish; to lessen or lower.
- To bring forth.
- To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals.
- To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.
- To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
- To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face.
- To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
- To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
- To be dropped or uttered carelessly.
- (of a fabric) To hang down (under the influence of gravity).
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 FELL
- Tumbled
- Toppled
- Character actor Norman
- Dove
- Collapsed
- Chop down
- Deadly, as a swoop
- Swoop's adjective
- Plummeted
- Cut down
More clues leading to the result BITTHEDUST
More clues leading to the result LOST
- Disoriented
- In need of directions
- Like the boys in "Peter Pan"
- "___ In Space"
- Requiring directions
- In need of a map
- In the middle of nowhere
- Gone astray
- TV show that even its writers now admit was generally directionless
- Down the drain
More clues leading to the result METONESWATERLOO
- Was defeated
- Suffered a crushing defeat
- Failed big-time
- Lost
- Suffered defeat
- Was permanently undone
- Was soundly defeated