The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word LEACH which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Drain away crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LEACH | 50 % | 5 |
| EBB | 25 % | 3 |
| SAP | 25 % | 3 |
Why may LEACH be the right solution?
"Drain away" is a clue that suggests the process of liquid moving through soil. "Leach" specifically means to drain away or dissolve out, making it the correct answer.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Drain away
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- drain
- drain out
- draw
- seep
- diminish
- leak out
- overdrain
- dry out
- drip
- wear away
- die away
- fade away
Crossword Answer definitions
LEACH noun- A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
- A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.
- A jelly-like sweetmeat popular in the fifteenth century.
- An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
- A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion.
- A glass tube designed for drawing blood from damaged tissue by means of a vacuum.
- A physician.
- (Heathenry) A healer.
- The vertical edge of a square sail.
- The aft edge of a triangular sail.
- To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid.
- To part with soluble constituents by percolation.
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 LEACH
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- Percolate
- Cary Grant's real surname
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- "...Rich and Famous" emcee
- Extract through percolation
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- Robin of "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous"
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