The Clue
Wipeout (4 letter answer)
The Answer
ROUT
Tags
Notes
The answer ROUT is seen frequently, appearing about once every 140 puzzles.
Related Clues
Debacle
Defeat
Drubbing
Furrow
Landslide
"Laugher"
Rabble
Romp
Scatter
Stampede
Beat badly
Beat soundly
Complete defeat
Crush in competition
Defeat completely
Defeat decisively
Defeat soundly
Defeat utterly
Disorderly flight
Disorderly retreat
Disorderly throng
Drive out
Easy victory
Gouge out
Lopsided win
Mop the floor with
Put to flight
Rummage about
Runaway victory
One-sided game
Win in a runaway
Win in a walk
100 to 1, e.g.
50-0, e.g.
"Laugher" in sports parlance
Not a close game
Perform a cabinetmaking function
49-0 score, e.g.
Score of 100-0, say
What ballplayers call a "laugher"
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