Answer: ROUT
ROUT is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 159 times.
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
 - Laugher of a game
 - 32-0, e.g.
 - Butt-whuppin'
 - Big loss
 - Lopsided game
 - Win in a romp
 - Sports blowout
 - No-sweat victory
 - Wipe the court with
 - Crush on the ballfield
 - 12-1 MLB victory, e.g.
 - Competition that's not close
 - Crushing defeat
 - Apt rhyme for "blowout"
 - Bring to fullness
 - 10-1 victory, e.g.
 - 12-0 baseball victory, say
 - Give a drubbing
 - Total drubbing
 - Runaway
 - Crush on the court
 - Demolish
 - Decisive defeat, and a two-word hint to the answers to the starred clues
 - Stunning defeat
 - Lopsided contest
 - Good old-fashioned butt-kicking
 - Uninteresting game, perhaps
 - Crush
 - Easy triumph
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - October 31, 2025
 - LA Times - September 25, 2025
 - New York Times - September 11, 2025
 - New York Times - May 23, 2025
 - New York Times - May 11, 2025
 - USA Today - March 28, 2025
 - LA Times - February 20, 2025
 - USA Today - October 22, 2024
 - New York Times - October 01, 2024
 - LA Times - September 22, 2024
 - LA Times - September 06, 2024
 - New York Times - June 18, 2024
 - New York Times - March 24, 2024
 - LA Times - January 04, 2024
 - LA Times - December 10, 2023
 - USA Today - December 06, 2023
 - LA Times - April 02, 2023
 - New York Times - March 07, 2023
 - USA Today - January 18, 2023
 - New York Times - November 07, 2022
 
Seen a clue for the answer rout that we don't have? Then please submit it to us so we can make the clue database even better!