Thwart Crossword Clue

While searching our database we found 1 possible solution for the: Thwart crossword clue. This crossword clue was last seen on June 26 2025 Eugene Sheffer Crossword puzzle. The solution we have for Thwart has a total of 4 letters.

Verified Answer
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Definition

To tread under foot; to trample.
To render (an effort or attempt) vain or nugatory; to baffle; to outwit; to balk; to frustrate; to defeat.
To blunt; to dull; to spoil; as, to foil the scent in chase.
To defile; to soil.
Failure of success when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.
A blunt weapon used in fencing, resembling a smallsword in the main, but usually lighter and having a button at the point.
The track or trail of an animal.
A leaf or very thin sheet of metal; as, brass foil; tin foil; gold foil.
A thin leaf of sheet copper silvered and burnished, and afterwards coated with transparent colors mixed with isinglass; -- employed by jewelers to give color or brilliancy to pastes and inferior stones.
Anything that serves by contrast of color or quality to adorn or set off another thing to advantage.
A thin coat of tin, with quicksilver, laid on the back of a looking-glass, to cause reflection.
The space between the cusps in Gothic architecture; a rounded or leaflike ornament, in windows, niches, etc. A group of foils is called trefoil, quatrefoil, quinquefoil, etc., according to the number of arcs of which it is composed.

Check the table below for more likely or similar clues and answers related to Thwart crossword clue.

Rank Answer Clue Publisher
99% FOIL Thwart Eugene Sheffer
20% NIPIN __ the bud (thwart) Newsday
20% FOILEDAGAIN "Another plan thwarted!," or another way to phrase three clues in this puzzle? LA Times
20% STYMIES Thwarts Eugene Sheffer


Recent Usage in Crossword Puzzles:

  • Eugene Sheffer Crossword, June 26 2025

The answer we have in our database for "Thwart" is: FOIL

There are a total of 4 letters in FOIL

The crossword clue "Thwart" was last spotted on June 26 2025

"Thwart" was last seen on Eugene Sheffer Crossword