The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word PLUNGE , but the solution may also be SWOOP which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in New York Times).
Dive crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PLUNGE | 42 % | 6 |
| JOINT | 27 % | 5 |
| GAINER | 8 % | 6 |
| HONKYTONK | 8 % | 9 |
| SWOOP | 4 % | 5 |
| HOLE | 4 % | 4 |
| RATTRAP | 4 % | 7 |
| JACKKNIFE | 4 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Dive
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- plunge
- plunk
- honkytonk
- nose dive
- diver
- swim
- scuba
- springboard
- submergence
- sink
- dunk
- immerse
Crossword Answer definitions
PLUNGE noun- The act of plunging or submerging
- A dive, leap, rush, or pitch into (into water)
- A swimming pool
- The act of pitching or throwing oneself headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse
- Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation
- An immersion in difficulty, embarrassment, or distress; the condition of being surrounded or overwhelmed; a strait; difficulty
- To thrust into liquid, or into any penetrable substance; to immerse.
- To cast, stab or throw into some thing, state, condition or action.
- To baptize by immersion.
- To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.
- To fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition.
- To pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does.
- To bet heavily and recklessly; to risk large sums in gambling.
- To entangle or embarrass (mostly used in past participle).
- To overwhelm, overpower.
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 PLUNGE
- Daredevil's drop
- Thrust
- Dive
- Go off the deep end
- Dramatic dive
- Drop precipitously
- Fall rapidly
- Drastic drop
- Dramatic drop
- Drop
More clues leading to the result JOINT
- Kind of resolution
- Hand-in-hand
- Dope sheet's covering?
- It might get rolled out at parties
- Spike Lee undertaking
- Knuckle, for one
- Knuckle or knee
- Knee or elbow
- Ell or tee
- Elbow or ankle
More clues leading to the result GAINER
- Pool feat
- One with a successful day on Wall Street
- Somersaulting dive
- Full or half dive
- Half ___ (dive)
- Something done off the deep end
- Full ___: dive
- Acrobatic dive
- Stock that goes up, say
- Kind of dive
More clues leading to the result HONKYTONK
- Dive
- Place to drink and dance
- 41 film starring 9 Across
- Cheap dance hall
- Ragtime style
- Bucolic bistro.
- Seedy joint
- Bar with country music
- Country music bar
- Low dive
More clues leading to the result SWOOP
- Plunge
- Rush at suddenly
- Pretty much the only word "fell" ever modifies
- Attack from above
- Pounce
- Eagle's descent
- Plunge suddenly
- Come down, as an eagle
- Dive like a loon
- Attack like a hawk
More clues leading to the result HOLE
- Bob Hope Classic target
- Duffer's target
- Golfer's target
- Ozone-level decrease
- Aperture
- Donut center
- Hollow space
- Cavity
- Tiger's target
- Mole hangout
More clues leading to the result RATTRAP
- It might be covered with cheese
- Filthy flat
- Dilapidated dwelling
- Fleabag
- Dilapidated digs
- Ramshackle structure
- Run-down digs
- Hopeless situation
- Dump
- Seedy lodgings