The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TAPER , but the solution may also be FAIL which is one of the most recent solution (2019 in New York Times).
Come to nothing? crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TAPER | 25 % | 5 |
| PERISH | 25 % | 6 |
| DIE | 25 % | 3 |
| FAIL | 25 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Come to nothing?
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- come to nought
- come to naught
- go nowhere
- lead nowhere
- go nowhere fast
- flop
- come to grief
- do nothing
- go down the toilet
- draw a blank
- come up with snake eyes
- fall by the wayside
Crossword Answer definitions
TAPER noun- A slender wax candle; a small lighted wax candle
- (by extension) a small light.
- A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness and/or cross section in an elongated object
- A thin stick used for lighting candles, either a wax-coated wick or a slow-burning wooden rod.
- To make thinner or narrower at one end.
- To diminish gradually.
- Tapered; narrowing to a point.
- One who operates a tape machine.
- Someone who works with tape or tapes.
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 TAPER
- Thin candle
- Candle
- Reduce gradually
- Dwindle down
- Trail (off)
- Get to the point?
- Wicked light?
- Recorder at a gig
- Come to nothing?
- Decrease gradually
More clues leading to the result PERISH
- Meet one's demise
- "Publish or ___"
- "___ the thought!"
- Alternative to publish
- Be totally destroyed
- Suffer ruin
- Bite the dust
- Cease to be
- ____ the thought!
- "... shall not ___ from ...": Lincoln
More clues leading to the result DIE
- Gambling cube
- Tool and ____ set
- Trivial Pursuit need
- __-hard
- "The ___ is cast." (Caesar)
- Conk out
- It's one you roll
- Cube with dots?
- Gaming cube
- Monopoly cube