Defeats Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Defeats featured in USA Today puzzle on January 19, 2026. We have found 41 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 6 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is LOSSES.

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14 Potential Answers:

AnswerLengthSourceDate
LOSSES Defeats (6) USA Today Jan 19, 2026
BEATS Defeats (5) Commuter Jan 12, 2026
BESTS Defeats (5) Eugene Sheffer Mar 14, 2025
OVERCOMES Defeats (9) Thomas Joseph Sep 21, 2020
CONQUERS Defeats (8) Eugene Sheffer Oct 24, 2018
UPENDS Defeats (6) Newsday Sep 23, 2018
WORSTS Defeats (6) Eugene Sheffer Jul 10, 2015
TOPS Defeats (4)
LICKS Defeats (5)
SHOOTSDOWN Defeats (10)

27 Similar Clues:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
32% BESTED Defeated (6) Universal Jan 18, 2026
32% ROUT Defeat (4) Puzzler Backwords Dec 3, 2025
31% LOSS Defeat (4) Commuter Nov 1, 2025
31% LICK Defeat (4) Eugene Sheffer Oct 11, 2025
29% LICKING Defeating (7)
29% LOSESTO Is defeated by: (7) Commuter May 27, 2024
29% BITETHEDUST Be defeated (11) Newsday Mar 21, 2024
29% FALLTO Be defeated by (6) New York Times May 31, 2023
29% LOSTTO Was defeated by (6) New York Times Dec 7, 2022
29% OUTGUN Defeat (6) LA Times Daily Aug 21, 2020

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