The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ERASE , but the solution may also be NEGATE which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Wipe out crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ERASE | 75 % | 5 |
| EFFACE | 8 % | 6 |
| ERADICATE | 3 % | 9 |
| ABOLISH | 2 % | 7 |
| NEGATE | 2 % | 6 |
| DELETE | 2 % | 6 |
| DESTROY | 1 % | 7 |
| EXTERMINATE | 0 % | 11 |
| ROUT | 0 % | 4 |
| PURGE | 0 % | 5 |
| OBLITERATE | 0 % | 10 |
| DEVASTATE | 0 % | 9 |
| MASSACRE | 0 % | 8 |
| DEMOLISH | 0 % | 8 |
| CANCEL | 0 % | 6 |
| TOTAL | 0 % | 5 |
| END | 0 % | 3 |
| NUKE | 0 % | 4 |
| SMASH | 0 % | 5 |
| EXPUNGE | 0 % | 7 |
| DOIN | 0 % | 4 |
| ANNIHILATE | 0 % | 10 |
Why may NEGATE be the right solution?
The word "negate" means to nullify or invalidate something, which is similar to wiping it out. Therefore, "negate" is a fitting answer for the clue "wipe out."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Wipe out
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- decimate
- annihilate
- obliterate
- erase
- eradicate
- extinguish
- eliminate
- kill
- run through
- eat
- consume
- exhaust
Crossword Answer definitions
ERASE noun- The operation of deleting data.
- To remove markings or information
- To obliterate information from (a storage medium), such as to clear or (with magnetic storage) to demagnetize.
- To obliterate (information) from a storage medium, such as to clear or to overwrite.
- To remove a runner from the bases via a double play or pick off play
- To be erased (have markings removed, have information removed or be cleared of information).
- To disregard (a group, an orientation, etc.); to prevent from having an active role in society.
- To kill; assassinate.
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 ERASE
- Rub out
- Clean the slate
- Delete
- Delete a file
- Destroy
- Expunge
- Free up space, in a way
- Get the lead out?
- Wipe away
- Wipe out
More clues leading to the result EFFACE
- Wipe out
- Wipe away
- Rub out
- Do away with
- Expunge
- Obligerate
- Wipe out entirely
- Obliterate
- Wipe off completely
- Wear away, as a coin surface
More clues leading to the result ERADICATE
- Wipe out
- Purge
- Do away with
- Stamp out
- Do this to ragweed and avoid sneezes
- Extirpate.
- Wipe out.
- Uproot.
- Get rid of.
- Destroy
More clues leading to the result ABOLISH
- Wipe out
- Get rid of
- Do away with
- Stamp out
- Put a stop to
- Eliminate
- Put an end to
- Void
- Make illegal
- Do away with.
More clues leading to the result NEGATE
More clues leading to the result DELETE
- Free up space, in a way
- Remove
- Cancel
- Computer key
- Rubout
- Get rid of
- Remove a file
- Strike out
- Strike
- Nullifying keystroke
More clues leading to the result DESTROY
More clues leading to the result EXTERMINATE
More clues leading to the result ROUT
- Overthrow
- Scare off
- Sound defeat
- Decisive defeat
- Overwhelming defeat
- Complete ass-kicking
- Occasion for the mercy rule
- Crush in competition
- Contest that might involve a doormat
- Super Bowl XLVIII, e.g.
More clues leading to the result PURGE
- Remove from office, soviet-style
- Remove, Soviet-style
- Get rid of
- Prove cathartic
- Eliminate, as undesirables
- Stalinesque sweep
- Political housecleaning
- Political ouster
- Cleanse thoroughly
- Free of guilt
More clues leading to the result OBLITERATE
- Render undecipherable
- Remove all traces of.
- Erase.
- Cancel
- Expunge
- Sweep away
- Wipe out
- Blow to pieces
- Remove from the face of the earth
- Completely destroy
More clues leading to the result DEVASTATE
More clues leading to the result MASSACRE
- Boston __
- One-sided contest
- Lopsided victory
- Custer's last stand was one
- Total drubbing
- Blowout on the court
- Defeat decisively, in sports
- Princeton, 60-Lafayette, 7.
- One form of genocide.
- Slaughter.
More clues leading to the result DEMOLISH
- Obliterate
- Reduce to rubble
- Reduce to bits
- Total
- Take down
- Raze
- Bulldoze, as a building
- Raze.
- Pull down.
- Ruin.
More clues leading to the result CANCEL
More clues leading to the result TOTAL
- Summer's end?
- Wreck a car
- Smash to smithereens
- Add up
- All-Bran rival
- Demolish
- Utter
- Life rival
- Smash beyond human recognition
- Wreck
More clues leading to the result END
- Break off
- Curling division
- Deep or dead follower
- Finale
- Finis
- Finish
- He may be offensive
- Last gasp
- Sign off
- Wind up
More clues leading to the result NUKE
- Warm up
- Zap
- Zap in the microwave
- Warm in the microwave
- Stick in the microwave
- Drop the big one on
- Zap in a microwave
- Heat in the microwave
- Heat in a hurry
- WWIII WMD
More clues leading to the result SMASH
- Broadway hit
- Hard shot from Sampras
- Type of hit
- Crush
- Flop's opposite
- Big hit
- Huge success
- Big money maker
- Big moneymaker
- Blockbuster