The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word WET which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Drenched crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| WET | 47 % | 3 |
| ASOP | 11 % | 4 |
| SODDEN | 7 % | 6 |
| SOPPY | 5 % | 5 |
| SOPPED | 5 % | 6 |
| HOSED | 3 % | 5 |
| ASOAK | 3 % | 5 |
| SOAKED | 3 % | 6 |
| SOPPING | 3 % | 7 |
| DOUSED | 3 % | 6 |
| STEEPED | 3 % | 7 |
| SOGGY | 3 % | 5 |
| SOUSED | 1 % | 6 |
| BATHED | 1 % | 6 |
| IMBRUED | 1 % | 7 |
| AWASH | 1 % | 5 |
| VERYWET | 1 % | 7 |
Why may WET be the right solution?
"WET" is the right answer because "drenched" is a synonym for soaked or saturated, which are all terms used to describe something that is wet.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Drenched
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- soaked
- sopping
- sodden
- soppy
- wet
- soaking
- covered
- saturated
- drenched in
- dipped
- cleaned
- overrun
Crossword Answer definitions
WET noun- Liquid or moisture.
- Rainy weather.
- Rainy season. (often capitalized)
- (UK politics) A moderate Conservative; especially, one who opposed the hard-line policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
- An alcoholic drink.
- One who supports the consumption of alcohol and thus opposes Prohibition.
- (in the plural) A tyre for use in wet weather.
- To cover or impregnate with liquid.
- To accidentally urinate in or on.
- To make or become wet.
- (soldering) To form an intermetallic bond between a solder and a metal substrate.
- To celebrate by drinking alcohol.
- To kill or seriously injure.
- Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
- Of an object, etc.: covered or impregnated with liquid, usually (but not always) water.
- Of a burrito, sandwich, or other food: covered in a sauce.
- Of calligraphy and fountain pens: depositing a large amount of ink from the nib or the feed.
- Of a sound recording: having had audio effects applied.
- Of weather or a time period: rainy.
- Of a person: inexperienced in a profession or task; having the characteristics of a rookie.
- (of women) Sexually aroused and thus having the vulva moistened with vaginal secretions.
- Ineffectual, feeble, showing no strength of character.
- (retronym) Permitting alcoholic beverages.
- Refreshed with liquor; drunk.
- Of a scientist or laboratory: working with biological or chemical matter.
- Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid.
- Involving assassination or "wet work".
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 WET
- Anti-prohibitionist
- Dripping
- Like many an April day
- ____ behind the ears
- Dewy
- Emulate some dolls
- Freshly painted
- Drippy
- Drenched
- __ behind the ears
More clues leading to the result ASOP
- "Give ___ to Cerberus" (Greek and Roman saying)
- Really soaked
- Give __ to Cerberus
- Soaking.
- Drenched.
- Soaked.
- Wringing wet.
- All wet.
- Very wet.
- Dripping
More clues leading to the result SODDEN
- Wet through and through
- Drenched
- Really soaked
- Saturated
- Waterlogged
- Wringing wet
- Soaking wet
- Wetter than wet
- Soaked
- Hardly dry
More clues leading to the result SOPPY
More clues leading to the result SOPPED
- __ up (absorbed, as gravy)
- Drenched
- Absorbed, with "up"
- Made soggy.
- All wet.
- Steeped.
- Soaked up with bread
- Soaked (up)
- ___ up (absorbed, as gravy)
More clues leading to the result HOSED
- Off or down preceder
- ____ down (watered)
- Taken out
- Cheated, slangily
- Cheated, in slang
- Worked on the deck
- Swindled
- Cheated, so to speak
- Tricked, slangily
- Doused, firefighter-style
More clues leading to the result ASOAK
- All wet
- Drenched.
- Dripping wet.
- Wringing wet.
- Soppy.
- Saturated
- Dripping wet
- Dripping
- Drenched
- Have ___ (bathe)
More clues leading to the result SOAKED
- Drenched
- Not just damp
- Dripping wet
- All wet
- Ripped off
- Overcharged, in slang
- Saturated
- Sopping wet
- Punched: Slang.
- Sodden
More clues leading to the result SOPPING
More clues leading to the result DOUSED
- Soaked
- Put out (a fire)
- Put out
- Wet thoroughly
- Extinguished
- No longer lit
- Drenched.
- Splashed.
- Immersed
- Drenched
More clues leading to the result STEEPED
- Soaked in liquid
- Saturated
- Soaked in hot water
- Infused
- Got stronger, in a teapot
- Prepared tea, in a way
- Made tea, perhaps
- Immersed
- Drenched
- Awash
More clues leading to the result SOGGY
- More than damp
- Saturated
- Like abandoned cereal, maybe
- Waterlogged
- Soaked
- Damp and heavy
- Like undercooked French toast
- Much more than moist
- Not just wet
- Like marshland
More clues leading to the result SOUSED
- Pickled
- In need of a designated driver
- Drunk as a skunk
- In one's cups
- Plastered
- Lit
- Drenched
- Blotto
- Inebriated
- Lit up
More clues leading to the result BATHED
- Washed up
- Observed Saturday night, stereotypically
- Took a dip
- Used soap
- Took a tub
- Relaxed in the tub
- Soaked in the tub
- Soaked
- Enjoyed a tub
- Drenched
More clues leading to the result IMBRUED
More clues leading to the result AWASH
- Flooded
- Overflowing
- Up to one's elbows
- Inundated
- Indundated
- Bathed in
- Helplessly inundated
- Swimming
- Up to one's ears (in)
- Sloshing