The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SPILLING which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2009.
Cause of a stain, perhaps crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SPILLING | 100 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Cause of a stain, perhaps
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- spot
- ulcer
- splash
- skid
- spots
- spotting
- stained
- discolour
- ebonize
- discolor
- bite
- stress
Crossword Answer definitions
SPILLING verb- To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.
- To spread out or fall out, as above.
- To drop something that was intended to be caught.
- To mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste.
- To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste.
- To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed.
- To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay.
- To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind, so that it can be more easily reefed or furled, or to lessen the strain.
- (Australian politics) To open the leadership of a parliamentary party for re-election.
- To reveal information to an uninformed party.
- (of a knot). To come undone.
- The act of dropping or spreading out of a fluid or particles.
- The action of spreading out in the manner of a fluid.
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