The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word EBB , but the solution may also be SAG which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in LA Times).
Decline crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EBB | 29 % | 3 |
| WANE | 17 % | 4 |
| SAG | 13 % | 3 |
| SAYNO | 10 % | 5 |
| SLIDE | 4 % | 5 |
| REFUSE | 3 % | 6 |
| DIP | 3 % | 3 |
| SLUMP | 2 % | 5 |
| SLIP | 1 % | 4 |
| FALL | 1 % | 4 |
| DROP | 1 % | 4 |
| WORSEN | 1 % | 6 |
| ABATE | 1 % | 5 |
| REJECT | 1 % | 6 |
| DOWNTURN | 1 % | 8 |
| FADE | 1 % | 4 |
| ERODE | 0 % | 5 |
| DROPOFF | 0 % | 7 |
| SET | 0 % | 3 |
| GOSOUTH | 0 % | 7 |
| SENDREGRETS | 0 % | 11 |
| SAYNOTO | 0 % | 7 |
| SINK | 0 % | 4 |
| SAY NO | 0 % | 6 |
| DECADENCE | 0 % | 9 |
| PASSUP | 0 % | 6 |
| DROOP | 0 % | 5 |
| OPTOUT | 0 % | 6 |
| PASS | 0 % | 4 |
| LAPSE | 0 % | 5 |
| LETUP | 0 % | 5 |
| LOWEBB | 0 % | 6 |
| FALLAWAY | 0 % | 8 |
| SLOWDOWN | 0 % | 8 |
Why may SAY-NO be the right solution?
The phrase "Say no" means to decline an offer or request, which makes it the appropriate answer for the clue "Decline."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Decline
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- descent
- fall
- downslope
- wane
- diminution
- decay
- go down
- worsen
- refuse
- pass up
- turn down
- reject
Crossword Answer definitions
EBB noun- The receding movement of the tide.
- A gradual decline.
- A low state; a state of depression.
- A European bunting, the corn bunting (Emberiza calandra, syns. Emberiza miliaria, Milaria calandra).
- To flow back or recede
- To fall away or decline
- To fish with stakes and nets that serve to prevent the fish from getting back into the sea with the ebb
- To cause to flow back.
- Low, shallow
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 EBB
More clues leading to the result WANE
- Wax counterpart
- Decrease
- Ease off
- Slack off
- Wax's counterpart
- Decline
- Alternative to wax
- Begin to fade
- Diminish
- Draw to a close
More clues leading to the result SAG
- Get droopy
- Droop
- Reagan was its pres.
- Lose energy
- Depression
- Droop in the middle
- Go limp
- Hang down
- Bow to gravity
- What overloaded shelves do
More clues leading to the result SAYNO
- "Just __"
- Refuse
- Decline
- Veto
- What Ado Annie "cain't" do
- Be uncooperative, in a way
- Turn down
- Just___: anti-drug slogan
- Nancy's advice, "Just ____"
- Nancy's "Just ____"
More clues leading to the result SLIDE
- Playground sight
- Pool accessory
- Water park staple
- Coast
- Playground item
- Shout from a third base coach
- One in a carousel
- Water-park feature
- One way to reach home
- Playground feature
More clues leading to the result REFUSE
More clues leading to the result DIP
- A pickpocket
- Double __ (ice-cream cones)
- Sheep __ (pre-shearing preparation)
- Chip's companion
- Chip's destination
- Short swim
- Party bowlful
- Contents of a bowl at some parties
- Chip's target
- Appetizer in a bowl
More clues leading to the result SLUMP
- Hitless stretch
- Batter's blues
- Go 0-for-the-week
- Plate drought
- Batter's woe
- Losing streak
- Batter's bugaboo
- Exhibit poor posture
- Mild recession
- Bad time for a batter
More clues leading to the result SLIP
- "__ Slidin' Away"
- Lady's undergarment
- Pillowcase
- Fall's prelude
- Lingerie item
- Encounter a banana peel
- Yacht spot
- Take a spill
- Goof
- Cause of a fall
More clues leading to the result FALL
- Season
- Trip follower
- Take a tumble
- "The _____ of the House of Usher"
- 31-Across follower
- Back-to-school time
- Tumble down
- Succumb to gravity
- Mountaineer's worry
- Autumn
More clues leading to the result DROP
- What you wait for the other shoe to do
- Cease to consider
- Discontinue
- Let fall
- Night deposit
- Knock down
- Pine Bros. unit
- __ leaf table
- Plummet
- Stop doing
More clues leading to the result WORSEN
- Deteriorate
- Decline
- Go downhill
- Head south, so to speak
- Take a bad turn
- Slip
- Deteriorate.
- Start to go to pot
- Exacerbate
- Become more severe
More clues leading to the result ABATE
More clues leading to the result REJECT
- Send back
- One unsuitable for print, e.g.
- Dismiss
- Discard
- Throw out
- Throw back
- Turn down
- Spurn
- Unwanted item
- Turn down, as a manuscript
More clues leading to the result DOWNTURN
More clues leading to the result FADE
- Grow dimmer
- Lose color
- Weaken
- Disappear
- Hi-top haircut
- Become indistinct
- Scene ender
- Conclusion to some songs
- Curving golf shot
- Die off toward the end
More clues leading to the result ERODE
- Diminish
- Slowly destroy
- Wear away
- Whittle away
- Diminish gradually
- Fade gradually
- Grind down
- Rust
- Wear down
- Diminish by degrees
More clues leading to the result DROPOFF
More clues leading to the result SET
- Challenging card game
- Complete group
- Congeal
- Gel
- Get firm
- Jet follower
- Kind of point or shot
- Play opener
- Salon job
- Solidify
More clues leading to the result GOSOUTH
- Turn bad, slangily
- Deteriorate, slangily
- Take a bad turn
- Take a turn for the worse
- Migrate, maybe
- Turn bad
- Leave for the winter, say
- Start to tank
- Migrate for the winter, perhaps
- Decline
More clues leading to the result SENDREGRETS
More clues leading to the result SAYNOTO
- Decline
- Repudiate
- Turn down
- Refuse
- Reject
- Refuse.
- Turn down, as an offer
- Deny
- Willfully reject drugs, perhaps
More clues leading to the result SINK
- Drop down
- Bathroom basin
- Smell skunky
- Make, as a putt
- Basement fixture, sometimes
- Get sent down to the lower leagues?
- Laundry room fixture
- Site for soap
- Kitchen fixture
- Bathroom fixture
More clues leading to the result SAY NO
More clues leading to the result DECADENCE
- Bacchanale quality
- Self-indulgent quality
- Debauchery
- Regression
- Deterioration.
- Moral decline.
- A falling away.
- Decline
- Turpitude
- Moral decline
More clues leading to the result PASSUP
- Forgo
- Skip
- Eschew
- Turn down
- Decline to take part in
- Decline or disregard: Slang phrase.
- Reject: Slang.
- Forgo: Colloq.
- Not go for.
- Reject
More clues leading to the result DROOP
- Begin to wither
- Hang like a spaniel's ears
- Sag
- Hang limply
- Sagginess
- Flag
- Lose resilience
- Start to wilt
- Wilt
- Hang like a walrus mustache
More clues leading to the result OPTOUT
- Choose not to participate
- Choose not to receive aggressive marketing emails
- Withdraw
- Remove one's hat from the ring
- Decide to withdraw
- Choose to not participate
- Pass
- Choose to withdraw
- Decide to quit
- Decline to participate
More clues leading to the result PASS
- Annie Oakley, for one
- Drive by
- Overtake
- Pitch the pigskin
- Free ticket
- Get through
- "Do not ___ Go"
- QB play
- Don't bet
- Pull ahead of
More clues leading to the result LAPSE
- Breach
- Run out
- Expire
- Spiritual fall
- Spell of forgetfulness
- Gap, as in time
- Fall back
- Slip
- Moment of blanking out
- Pass by