Clues for the word "THWART"
We've had 29 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 93 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New Zealand Herald crossword on April 04, 2026.
Definition of thwart
- a. - Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.
- a. - Fig.: Perverse; crossgrained.
- a. - Thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart.
- prep. - Across; athwart.
- n. - A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other, or athwart the boat.
- v. t. - To move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow thwarts the air.
- v. t. - To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat.
- v. i. - To move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner.
- v. i. - Hence, to be in opposition; to clash.
Referring Clues
- Foil
- Oppose successfully
- Frustrate
- Block
- Stymie
- Keep from happening
- Short-circuit
- Thwart
- Hinder
- Defeat
- Stymie, as plans
- Wreck the plans of
- Rowboat seat
- Baffle
- Prevent
- Impede
- Prevent, as a robbery
- Ward off
- Foil the plans of
- Pie cases hot, bearing foil
- Check an oarsman's support
- Boatman's crosspiece could be baffling
- Part with wartime scotch
- Cross in defeat
- No end to the growth in snooker
- Foil, say
- Foil (plot)
- Upset, as plans
- Prevent from happening
Last Seen In
- New Zealand Herald - April 04, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - October 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 06, 2025
- New York Times - August 17, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 07, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 27, 2025
- Your Life Choices - June 20, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 24, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - April 18, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 17, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 07, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - February 15, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - January 16, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - January 02, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - November 24, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 17, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - August 25, 2024
- Your Life Choices - August 07, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - July 31, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - July 04, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - April 18, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - March 29, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - December 01, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - November 13, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - October 12, 2023
- Your Life Choices - August 27, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - August 23, 2023
- Your Life Choices - April 01, 2023
- LA Times - April 01, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - January 20, 2023
- And in 63 more crossword puzzles...