Clues for the word "ROUT"
We've had 204 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 490 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily American crossword on January 24, 2026.
Definition of rout
- v. i. - To roar; to bellow; to snort; to snore loudly.
- n. - A bellowing; a shouting; noise; clamor; uproar; disturbance; tumult.
- v. t. - To scoop out with a gouge or other tool; to furrow.
- v. i. - To search or root in the ground, as a swine.
- n. - A troop; a throng; a company; an assembly; especially, a traveling company or throng.
- n. - A disorderly and tumultuous crowd; a mob; hence, the rabble; the herd of common people.
- n. - The state of being disorganized and thrown into confusion; -- said especially of an army defeated, broken in pieces, and put to flight in disorder or panic; also, the act of defeating and breaking up an army; as, the rout of the enemy was complete.
- n. - A disturbance of the peace by persons assembled together with intent to do a thing which, if executed, would make them rioters, and actually making a motion toward the executing thereof.
- n. - A fashionable assembly, or large evening party.
- v. t. - To break the ranks of, as troops, and put them to flight in disorder; to put to rout.
- v. i. - To assemble in a crowd, whether orderly or disorderly; to collect in company.
Referring Clues
- Wipeout
- Wipe the floor with
- Drubbing
- Beat badly
- Shutout
- Landslide
- Win in a runaway
- Overwhelm
- Not a close game
- 28-0, e.g.
- Overwhelming defeat
- Football score of 60-0, say
- Defeat decisively
- Score of 100-0, say
- Huge win
- Crush in competition
- Slaughter
- Lopsided win
- Win in a walk
- 50-0, e.g.
- 30-0, e.g.
- Romp
- Really clobber
- Powerful defeat
- Beat the pants off
- Decisive defeat
- Mop the floor with
- Win by a wide margin
- 10 to 1, e.g.
- Force to flee
- Force into flight
- Disastrous defeat
- Shellacking
- Whomp
- 100-0, e.g.
- Decisive victory
- Lopsided victory
- Defeat in battle
- 12-1 baseball score, say
- Defeat resoundingly
- Runaway victory
- Walkover
- Easy win
- Blowout
- Really beat
- Cream
- Beat decisively
- Major defeat
- Overwhelming victory
- One-sided contest
- Disperse in defeat
- Embarrassing defeat
- Crushing victory
- Debacle
- Defeat handily
- Defeat soundly
- Overwhelming win
- Opposite of a squeaker
- Resounding defeat
- Vanquish
- 90-0, e.g.
- 15-0 in baseball, e.g.
- 18-0 baseball win, e.g.
- 89 to 22, e.g.
- Beat handily
- Trounce
- One-sided win
- Sports broadcaster's dread
- One-sided score
- Beat soundly
- Drub in a game
- Crush, in competition
- Definitive defeat
- Reason for a mercy rule
- Result of an unfair matchup
- No squeaker
- Defeat easily
- Embarrassing Loss
- 12-0 baseball win, e.g.
- Trouncing
- Put to flight
- Easy victory
- Laugher
- Chase away
- Defeat
- 20-0 baseball score, say
- Shellac
- Beat decisively
- Defeat resoundingly
- Decisive win
- One-sided victory
- Defeat big-time
- Utter defeat
- One-sided victory
- Drive out of bed
- Runaway win
- "Laugher"
- 16-1 baseball score, e.g.
- 17-1 baseball score, e.g.
- Defeat utterly
- Blowout victory
- Result of an uneven matchup
- Disorderly retreat
- Send packing
- Game ended by the mercy rule
- Blowout win
- It's not close
- Landslide victory
- Defeat decisively and then some
- Total defeat
- Kin of a 5-Across
- Beat but good
- Complete defeat
- Beat by a mile
- Thrash
- 8-0 soccer score, e.g.
- Lick soundly
- Sound defeat
- Blowout, as in sports
- Disorderly fight
- Squeaker's antithesis
- Beat big-time
- Skunk
- Blowout, in sports
- Beat the stuffing out of
- Sporting romp
- Sports result that isn't close
- Force into ignominious retreat
- Do more than merely defeat
- Force to retreat in disorder
- Victory
- Win decisively
- Defeat badly
- Disorderly defeat
- Defeat right away
- King exposed, hence disorderly flight
- Flight path incomplete
- Heavy defeat
- Devastating defeat
- Put to flight right away
- Total(ly) defeat
- Defeat with tail-ender finally dismissed
- Easy victory (or defeat)
- German fired mortar to achieve victory
- Put to flight revellers in un-English way
- Steamroll
- Crushing defeat
- Appropriate rhyme for "blowout"
- One-sided battle
- Thorough defeat
- Scholar's rear given senseless thrashing
- Embarrassing defeat, as swimmer drops head
- Completely defeat
- Defeat of king exposed
- Total defeat in battle
- Defeat comprehensively
- Overwhelmingly defeat
- Resistance extinguished in defeat
- Resistance absent in defeat
- King not in for defeat
- Flight path is shortened
- Laugher of a game
- Complete drubbing
- 32-0, e.g.
- Butt-whuppin'
- Defeat by a lot
- Big loss
- Lopsided game
- Thrash troublemaker's bottom in the open
- Win in a romp
- Sports blowout
- Easy sports victory
- No-sweat victory
- Wipe the court with
- Crush on the ballfield
- 12-1 MLB victory, e.g.
- An absolute shambles of a tour?
- In a rut, there's nothing but defeat
- Lopsided defeat
- Competition that's not close
- Very lopsided ballgame
- Apt rhyme for "blowout"
- Bring to fullness
- 10-1 victory, e.g.
- 12-0 baseball victory, say
- Give a drubbing
- Opposite of a close game
- Total drubbing
- Runaway
- Crush on the court
- Score of 53-0, for example
- Basketball game won by 50 points, for example
- Demolish
- Decisive defeat, and a two-word hint to the answers to the starred clues
- In a rut, a bad score means heavy defeat!
- Lopsided contest
- Loss
- Good old-fashioned butt-kicking
- Game in which the substitutes play
- Super easy sports victory
- Embarrassing basketball loss
- Uninteresting game, perhaps
- Crush
- Easy triumph
Last Seen In
- Daily American - January 24, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - January 21, 2026
- New York Times - October 31, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - October 18, 2025
- LA Times - September 25, 2025
- New York Times - September 11, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - June 09, 2025
- New York Times - May 23, 2025
- New York Times - May 11, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - March 18, 2025
- Your Life Choices - February 21, 2025
- LA Times - February 20, 2025
- Family Time - February 17, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - February 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - February 11, 2025
- Family Time - February 09, 2025
- Daily American - January 29, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 15, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 07, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 25, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - December 22, 2024
- Family Time - December 22, 2024
- Penny Dell Sunday - November 24, 2024
- Daily American - November 20, 2024
- Daily American - November 08, 2024
- USA Today - October 22, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 02, 2024
- New York Times - October 01, 2024
- LA Times - September 22, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - September 21, 2024
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