The Clue
Lopsided victory (4 letter answer)
The Answer
ROUT
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Notes
The answer ROUT is seen frequently, appearing about once every 140 puzzles.
Related Clues
Debacle
Demoralize
Drubbing
Landslide
Overwhelm
Rabble
Scatter
Shutout
Slaughter
Beat badly
Beat soundly
Blowout victory
Complete defeat
Decisive defeat
Defeat decisively
Defeat soundly
Disorderly retreat
Drive out
Easy victory
Gouge out
Huge win
A "laughter" in sports
Lopsided win
Mop the floor with
Overwhelming defeat
Put to flight
Rummage about
Runaway victory
One-sided melee
Stunning defeat
Utter defeat
Wipe the floor with
10 to 1, e.g.
100 to 1, e.g.
Not a close game
Perform a cabinetmaking function
Win by a wide margin
What ballplayers call a "laugher"
Word for Super Bowl XX
A 75-0 football score, e.g.
Definition
ROUT as a noun:
1. (mob, rabble, rout) = a disorderly crowd of people
2. an overwhelming defeat
ROUT as a verb:
1. (rout, rout out, expel) = cause to flee; "rout out the fighters from their caves"
2. (rout, root, rootle) = dig with the snout; "the pig was rooting for truffles"
3. (rout, gouge) = make a groove in
4. (spread-eagle, spreadeagle, rout) = defeat disastrously