The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word FELLS , but the solution may also be TOPPLES which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Brings down crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FELLS | 25 % | 5 |
| LOWERS | 22 % | 6 |
| RAZES | 19 % | 5 |
| ABASES | 9 % | 6 |
| TOPPLES | 6 % | 7 |
| SADDENS | 6 % | 7 |
| DIMS | 3 % | 4 |
| EARNS | 3 % | 5 |
| REDUCES | 3 % | 7 |
| SHAMES | 3 % | 6 |
Why may TOPPLES be the right solution?
TOPPLES is the right answer because it means to bring down suddenly or violently, typically from a high position. It fits the clue "Brings down" perfectly.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Brings down
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- bring down
- bring about
- brought about
- bringing up
- bring to
- destroys
- bring out
- bring in
- decreases
- brought
- lowering
- take down
Crossword Answer definitions
FELLS noun- A cutting-down of timber.
- The stitching down of a fold of cloth; specifically, the portion of a kilt, from the waist to the seat, where the pleats are stitched down.
- The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.
- To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.
- To strike down, kill, destroy.
- To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.
- An animal skin, hide, pelt.
- Human skin (now only as a metaphorical use of previous sense).
- (obsolete outside Britain) A rocky ridge or chain of mountains.
- (obsolete outside Britain) A wild field or upland moor.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result FELLS
- Chops down
- Knocks down
- Brings down
- Hews
- Cuts down
- Drops
- Makes like a lumberjack
- Cuts down, as a tree
- Topples
- Cuts down, as trees
More clues leading to the result LOWERS
- Lets down
- Brings down
- Reduces
- Diminishes
- Looks sullen
- Drops, as prices
- Dims
- Reduces, as prices
- Train accommodations.
- Demeans.
More clues leading to the result RAZES
- Knocks down
- Clears a level?
- Levels
- Tears down
- Demolishes
- Brings down the house
- Brings down
- Brings down a building
- Makes a lot out of a building?
- Cause to implode, perhaps
More clues leading to the result ABASES
- Degrades
- Insults
- Takes down a peg
- Loses prestige
- Shames
- Humbles
- Humiliates
- Lowers in rank
- Puts down
- Cuts down to size
More clues leading to the result TOPPLES
- Brings down
- Overthrows
- Knocks over
- Tumbles down.
- Falls.
- Falls over.
- Comes tumbling down
- Overturns
- Removes from power
- Bowls over
More clues leading to the result SADDENS
- Bums
- Gets down
- Turns blue?
- Depresses
- Deflates
- Grieves.
- Makes gloomy.
- Makes unhappy.
- Makes doleful.
- Causes unhappiness
More clues leading to the result DIMS
- Turns down
- Grows faint
- Turns the lights down
- Darkens
- Lowers, lightwise
- Becomes faint
- Turns down, as lights
- Fades out
- Lowers, as lights
- Lowers, in a way
More clues leading to the result EARNS
- Is deserving of
- Produces dividends
- Acquires
- Pulls down
- Yields as profit
- Makes
- Takes home
- Warrants
- Brings home bacon
- Gets the old-fashioned way
More clues leading to the result REDUCES
- Diets
- Lowers
- Puts "on sale"
- Dwindles.
- Diminishes.
- Lessens
- Solves a "weighty" problem
- Gets lighter
- Cooks down, as a sauce
- Trims back