The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word LEES which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2022.
Dregs crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LEES | 76 % | 4 |
| SEDIMENT | 12 % | 8 |
| SILT | 6 % | 4 |
| RESIDUE | 4 % | 7 |
| SEDIMENTS | 2 % | 9 |
| BOTTOMOFTHEBARR | 1 % | 15 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Dregs
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- grounds
- remains
- shallows
- lees
- badlands
- husks
- residues
- slums
- tero
- treatments
- swill
- scum
Crossword Answer definitions
LEES noun- The sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit.
- A protected cove or harbor, out of the wind.
- The side of the ship away from the wind.
- A sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind (see also leeside); shelter; protection.
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 LEES
- Fermentation dregs
- Gitano competitor
- Sediment
- Wine sediment
- Bottom of the barrel
- Majors and Iacocca
- Marvin and Meriwether
- Spike and Pinky
- Cask dregs
- Popular jeans
More clues leading to the result SEDIMENT
- Bottom matter
- Bank deposit?
- Dregs
- Delta deposit
- Settled matter
- Wine-bottle contents
- Glacial deposit
- Deposit of a sort
- Dregs.
- Lees.
More clues leading to the result SILT
- River sediment
- Sediment deposit
- Tahoe deposit
- Stream deposit
- Delta material
- River deposit
- Bank deposit
- Delta clogger
- Deposit in a bank?
- Fine earth
More clues leading to the result RESIDUE
- Lees
- Ash
- Whey, in cheese making
- What's left
- Soot or slag, say
- Traces of gunpowder at a crime scene, e.g.
- Traces of gunpowder, e.g.
- Ash, for example
- Trace evidence at a crime scene, e.g.
- Remnant