The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SCUTTLE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2020.
Deliberately sink crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SCUTTLE | 50 % | 7 |
| SCUPPER | 50 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Deliberately sink
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- scuttle
- drown
- scupper
- scuttling
- fall
- set
- dall
- draw
- falls
- hole
- choice
- cut
Crossword Answer definitions
SCUTTLE noun- A container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal).
- A broad, shallow basket.
- A dish, platter or a trencher.
- A small hatch or opening in a boat. Also, small opening in a boat or ship for draining water from open deck.
- A hatch that provides access to the roof from the interior of a building.
- To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.
- To deliberately sink one's ship or boat by any means, usually by order of the vessel's commander or owner.
- (by extension, in figurative use) Undermine or thwart oneself (sometimes intentionally), or denigrate or destroy one's position or property; compare scupper.
- A quick pace; a short run.
- To move hastily, to scurry.
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 SCUTTLE
- Send to Davy Jones's locker
- Abandon
- Sink
- Scamper
- Sink, as a derelict ship
- Sink, as a boat
- Destroy deliberately
- Send to the bottom
- Coal carrier
- Abandon, as plans