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 |
| DELETE | 2 % | 6 |
| NEGATE | 2 % | 6 |
| DESTROY | 1 % | 7 |
| NUKE | 0 % | 4 |
| SMASH | 0 % | 5 |
| EXPUNGE | 0 % | 7 |
| DOIN | 0 % | 4 |
| ANNIHILATE | 0 % | 10 |
| 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 |
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 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 NEGATE
More clues leading to the result DESTROY
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
More clues leading to the result EXPUNGE
More clues leading to the result DOIN
More clues leading to the result ANNIHILATE
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