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Ugly duckling, as it turns out

Last seen in LA Times Daily Crossword May 2, 2019 Answers

This crossword clue "Ugly duckling, as it turns out" appeared in the LA Times Daily Crossword crossword on May 2, 2019. With 112 potential answers on file gathered from published crossword puzzles, our best match is SWAN — a 4-letter word with 99% confidence. Below you'll find all possible solutions ranked by probability.

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112 Other Potential Answers

99%
SWAN
Ugly duckling, as it turns out
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 2, 2019
10%
ATSEVENTEEN
Ugly duckling anthem of 1975
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 5, 2025
5%
GYRATES
Takes turns?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 6, 2026
5%
CHICANES
Sequences of tight turns on racecourses
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 23, 2026
5%
MARE
Filly, after it turns four
Universal Crossword · Feb 27, 2026
5%
LOSESSLEEP
Tosses and turns
Universal Crossword · Feb 25, 2026
5%
STEAMEDCRAB
Seafood dish that turns from blue to orange during preparation
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 23, 2026
5%
YOUNG
Like a duckling
Universal Crossword · Dec 16, 2025
5%
USA
Country that turns 250 years old in 2026: Abbr.
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 7, 2025
5%
PAGE
Something a reader turns
Universal Crossword · Nov 24, 2025
5%
ROTISSERIE
One that takes turns making dinner?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 10, 2025
5%
UGLY
Like a fairy tale duckling
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 29, 2025
5%
MAZECLASSES
*Courses full of twists and turns?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 19, 2025
5%
MOVES
Chess turns
Universal Crossword · Oct 11, 2025
5%
ACID
What turns blue litmus paper red
Universal Crossword · Mar 30, 2025
5%
HAIRPINS
Very sharp turns
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Mar 27, 2025
5%
NESS
Suffix that turns adjectives into nouns
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 19, 2025
5%
ROTATE
Take turns
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 19, 2025
5%
LEFTS
Some turns
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 19, 2025
5%
SPIN
Take turns
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Dec 12, 2024
5%
FALLENHERO
Protagonist who turns villainous
Universal Crossword · Dec 8, 2024
5%
ESSES
Snaky turns
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 24, 2024
5%
AXELS
Skating jumps with 1½ air turns
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 13, 2024
5%
JANGLINGMODIFIERS
Tiny bells added to an ugly Christmas sweater?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 9, 2024
5%
PLOTTWISTS
Shocking turns of events
Universal Crossword · May 26, 2024
5%
BAWL
Have an ugly cry
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 8, 2024
5%
SPINS
Takes turns?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 7, 2024
5%
DEUCE
What turns 19 into 21?
Universal Crossword · Feb 25, 2024
5%
SPUN
Took turns
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Jan 26, 2024
5%
ROAD
Thing that may have twists and turns
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 25, 2024
5%
TWISTY
Full of turns
Universal Crossword · Dec 18, 2023
5%
TAKE
Word before "sides" or "turns"
Universal Crossword · Oct 25, 2023
5%
ZAGS
Some sharp turns
Premier Sunday Crossword · Oct 22, 2023
5%
PLAYTEST
Take turns before everyone else?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 21, 2023
5%
STEER
Take turns?
Universal Crossword · Aug 11, 2023
5%
OWLS
Birds capable of 270° head turns
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 11, 2023
5%
PARKOUR
Sport that turns everyday objects into an obstacle course
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 9, 2023
5%
OPTIMISM
"The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly," per Ambrose Bierce
Universal Crossword · May 1, 2023
5%
SNOWLEOPARD
*Endangered cat that turns white in winter
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 27, 2022
5%
ALKALI
Compound that turns litmus blue
Universal Crossword · Sep 17, 2022
5%
SWAPS
Scoreless Scrabble turns
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 15, 2022
5%
DRESSDESIGNER
Medical pro who engineers hairpin turns?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 22, 2022
5%
SOB
Have an ugly cry
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 30, 2022
5%
BELLYFLOP
Swan dive's ugly relative
Universal Crossword · Jun 27, 2022
5%
MINIGAMES
Quick contests between turns in Mario Party
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 25, 2022
5%
LANG
Scott who turns into Ant-Man
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 24, 2022
5%
ROTATED
Took turns
Thomas Joseph Crossword · May 17, 2022
5%
OUZO
Liqueur that water turns cloudy
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 13, 2022
5%
ZIGS
Sharp turns
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 27, 2022
5%
ANO
What turns pets into poets?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 29, 2021
5%
KNOB
What turns on a radio?
Universal Crossword · Oct 12, 2021
5%
ONRED
When some right turns are permitted
Universal Crossword · Sep 23, 2021
5%
WINDS
Twists and turns, like a road
Universal Crossword · Aug 12, 2021
5%
RISINGSUN
Early-morning sight, or a hint to the word that turns up in 17-, 28- and 45-Across
Universal Crossword · Jul 16, 2021
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SMEARED
Took part in an ugly campaign
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 1, 2021
5%
CARS
They often take turns
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 2, 2021
5%
STARTBUTTON
It turns a computer on
Premier Sunday Crossword · Mar 28, 2021
5%
STUNNERS
Amazing turns of events
Universal Crossword · Feb 15, 2021
5%
LITMUS
Stuff that turns red in acid
Universal Crossword · Dec 20, 2020
5%
ALTERNATION
Act of taking turns
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Oct 20, 2020
5%
OWL
Bird that turns its head
Universal Crossword · Oct 17, 2020
5%
GLOATS
Wins in an ugly way?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 24, 2020
5%
VOLEPOTION
Magical elixir that turns people into mouselike rodents?
Premier Sunday Crossword · Apr 26, 2020
5%
AXEL
Jump with 1.5 turns
Universal Crossword · Nov 16, 2019
5%
PIVOTING
Taking turns
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Aug 14, 2019
5%
SNIPEAT
Get ugly with
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 2, 2019
5%
SCREWCAP
Top that turns
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 8, 2018
5%
IRONIES
Unexpected turns of events
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 4, 2018
5%
RAISINBRAT
Cereal that turns kids into imps?
Premier Sunday Crossword · Jul 22, 2018
5%
ESS
Two hairpin turns, say
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 28, 2018
1%
HOMINGVASE
*Urn that self-returns?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 24, 2026
1%
GOODYGOODY
*Smugly sanctimonious sort
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 29, 2026
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IRS
Org. with a big returns department
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 1, 2026
1%
YIELDS
Investors' returns
Universal Crossword · Jan 22, 2026
1%
VENTS
Air returns
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 17, 2026
1%
BADKARMA
Many unhappy returns?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 8, 2025
1%
COMESFULLCIRCLE
Returns to the beginning, as suggested by the phonetic formula found at the starts of 17-, 37-, and 42-Across
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 19, 2025
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FALSE
Like some starts and returns
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 13, 2025
1%
AUDIT
Check of tax returns
Universal Crossword · May 25, 2025
1%
EFILE
Submit returns online
Universal Crossword · May 1, 2025
1%
TUCK
Fit snugly
Universal Crossword · Jan 10, 2025
1%
CPAS
Pros at filing returns
Universal Crossword · Aug 22, 2024
1%
ASIS
"No returns"
Universal Crossword · Mar 4, 2024
1%
NESTED
Fit snugly inside
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 24, 2023
1%
CPA
Pro concerned with returns
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 23, 2023
1%
ANNUAL
Like income tax returns
Universal Crossword · May 17, 2023
1%
EFILES
Submits tax returns online
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 1, 2023
1%
UPSETS
Overturns
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Mar 23, 2023
1%
TOPSY
Meryl's "Mary Poppins Returns" role
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 24, 2022
1%
EFILED
Submitted tax returns online
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 21, 2022
1%
NEST
Stack snugly
Universal Crossword · Jul 25, 2022
1%
TIGHT
Fitting snugly
Premier Sunday Crossword · Jul 10, 2022
1%
URLS
Bing returns
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 2, 2022
1%
SMIRKSTONOEND
Doesn't stop smiling smugly?
Universal Crossword · Jun 7, 2022
1%
REVERSES
Overturns
Premier Sunday Crossword · Apr 24, 2022
1%
SSN
ID on many returns
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 27, 2022
1%
ENSCONCE
Plant snugly
Premier Sunday Crossword · Feb 20, 2022
1%
SWATHE
Wrap snugly
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 22, 2021
1%
LAW
__ of diminishing returns
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 5, 2021
1%
GOESBACK
Returns
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Jun 1, 2021
1%
NESTLER
One snugly in bed, say
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 27, 2020
1%
NESTS
Fits together snugly
Universal Crossword · Jul 14, 2020
1%
HEADSHOME
Returns to one’s residence
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · May 27, 2020
1%
TAXFILERS
Folks with returns
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Apr 15, 2020
1%
NESTLE
Settle snugly
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 4, 2020
1%
UPENDS
Overturns
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 24, 2019
1%
COMESHOME
Returns
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 22, 2019
1%
DEADLYDUCK
Bird that returns fire when hunted?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 7, 2019
1%
DICKVANDYKE
"Mary Poppins" and "Mary Poppins Returns" actor
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 31, 2019
1%
AUDITOR
Reviewer of tax returns
Premier Sunday Crossword · Jan 13, 2019
1%
LIN
"Mary Poppins Returns" actor __-Manuel Miranda
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 1, 2019
1%
RECEIPT
Requirement for many returns
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 17, 2018

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How many possible solutions does "Ugly duckling, as it turns out" have?
We found 1 exact solution and 112 total potential answers including similar clues. The most likely answer is SWAN (4 letters).
What is the best answer for "Ugly duckling, as it turns out"?
The best answer for "Ugly duckling, as it turns out" is SWAN with 4 letters. This answer has a 99% confidence rating based on our database of crossword solutions.
Where has "Ugly duckling, as it turns out" been used as a crossword clue?
This clue has appeared 1 time in our database. It has been featured in LA Times Daily Crossword. It was last seen in the LA Times Daily Crossword on May 2, 2019.
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