The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word EBBS which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2021.
Declines crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EBBS | 53 % | 4 |
| WANES | 13 % | 5 |
| SAYSNO | 12 % | 6 |
| SAGS | 8 % | 4 |
| TAPERSOFF | 2 % | 9 |
| SLUMPS | 2 % | 6 |
| SETS | 2 % | 4 |
| GOESSOUTH | 1 % | 9 |
| FALLSOFF | 1 % | 8 |
| REJECTS | 1 % | 7 |
| DDDD | 1 % | 4 |
| WORSENS | 1 % | 7 |
| REFUSES | 1 % | 7 |
| ABATES | 1 % | 6 |
| DIPS | 1 % | 4 |
| DOWNGRADES | 1 % | 10 |
| SINKS | 1 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Declines
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
EBBS 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.
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 EBBS
More clues leading to the result WANES
More clues leading to the result SAYSNO
- Objects, perhaps
- Declines drugs?
- Gives the thumbs-down
- Refuses drugs?
- Takes Nancy Reagan's advice
- Declines
- Puts one's foot down, in a way
- Spurns an advance
- Declines, verbally
- Refuses
More clues leading to the result SAGS
- Droops
- Loses firmness
- Momentary drop in voltage
- Shows wear
- Becomes concave
- Goes limp
- Falls off
- Bends under weight
- Looks sway-backed
- Bows
More clues leading to the result TAPERSOFF
- Dwindles gradually
- Declines
- Breaks a habit by degrees: 2 wds.
- Declines little by little: 2 wds.
- Doesn't stop cold turkey
- Wanes
More clues leading to the result SLUMPS
- Reasons for benchings
- Has a hitless streak
- Diamond doldrums
- Batters' cold streaks
- Competitive dry spells
- Losing streaks
- Rough times
- Doesn't stand straight
- Drops in the Stock Market.
- Has poor posture.
More clues leading to the result SETS
- Arranges a table
- Collections
- Gig components
- Goes down
- Tennis units
- Tennis-match units
- Venn-diagram areas
- Chess and tea
- Lays in place
- Sun events
More clues leading to the result GOESSOUTH
More clues leading to the result FALLSOFF
More clues leading to the result REJECTS
- Turns down
- Doesn't accept
- The ones not taken
- Turns away
- Denies.
- An author's unpublished works.
- Throws away.
- Factory seconds.
- Discards.
- Imperfect products.
More clues leading to the result DDDD
- "Affordable solutions for better living" company
- "An Unsocial Socialist" novelist
- "Around the World in 80 Days" protagonist
- "Caprica" actor Morales
- "Dame" on stage
- "Do I really have to go over this again?"
- "Fish Magic" painter
- "Get a ___!"
- "Gimme that!"
- "Grrrrr!"
More clues leading to the result WORSENS
More clues leading to the result REFUSES
More clues leading to the result ABATES
More clues leading to the result DIPS
- Baskin-Robbins servings
- Short swims
- Tango moves
- Servings of sorbet
- Pool quickies
- Crudités accompaniments
- Quick swims
- Brief swims
- Some price fluctuations
- Falls off