The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word EBBED , but the solution may also be SLID which is one of the most recent solution (2022 in New York Times).
Declined crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EBBED | 29 % | 5 |
| WANED | 20 % | 5 |
| SLID | 18 % | 4 |
| SANK | 10 % | 4 |
| SAIDNO | 9 % | 6 |
| SAGGED | 4 % | 6 |
| FELL | 4 % | 4 |
| ABATED | 1 % | 6 |
| REJECTED | 1 % | 8 |
| NOED | 1 % | 4 |
| REFUSED | 1 % | 7 |
| GONESENILE | 1 % | 10 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Declined
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- deteriorating
- down
- dying
- falling
- failing
- retrograde
- regressing
- retrogressive
- regressive
- decreasing
- abated
- abstained
Crossword Answer definitions
EBBED verb- 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.
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 EBBED
- Dropped off
- Dwindled
- Declined
- Wanned
- Underwent recession
- Fell off
- Receded
- Went out
- Let up
- Backed away from the shore
More clues leading to the result WANED
- Fell off
- Went down
- Gradually declined
- Declined in power
- Tapered off
- Dwindled
- Approached third quarter, say
- Lost strength
- Subsided
- Backed off
More clues leading to the result SLID
- Glided along
- Coasted
- Eluded the tag
- Glided
- Hit the dirt
- Slithered
- Stole second
- Skidded
- Tried to avoid the tag
- Reached second base by going down?
More clues leading to the result SANK
- Went down
- Went to bed?
- Made, as a putt
- What the Titanic did
- Dropped down
- Foundered
- Torpedoed
- Went under
- Made, as pool shots
- Dropped
More clues leading to the result SAIDNO
- Denied
- Gave the thumbs-down
- Rejected
- Refused
- Turned down, with "to"
- Declined
- Had a negative reaction
- Wouldn't go along
- Verbally refused
- Flatly denied it
More clues leading to the result SAGGED
- Drooped
- Declined
- Went south, in a way
- Went down in value
- Hung loosely
- Dropped
- Sank in the middle
- Weakened
- Lost intensity
- Lost muscle tone
More clues leading to the result FELL
- Tumbled
- Toppled
- Character actor Norman
- Dove
- Collapsed
- Chop down
- Deadly, as a swoop
- Swoop's adjective
- Plummeted
- Cut down
More clues leading to the result ABATED
- Subsided
- Ebbed
- Slackened
- Waned
- Let up
- Tapered off
- Eased off
- Ran the course
- Became less intense
- Reduced in intensity
More clues leading to the result REJECTED
More clues leading to the result NOED
- Answered in the negative.
- Denied.
- Replied negatively.
- Answered negatively.
- Didn't say yes.
- Gave a negative answer.
- Vetoed.
- Voted against.
- Entered a denial.
- Refused to agree.