The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word MOOR which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Drop anchor crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MOOR | 96 % | 4 |
| LIETO | 4 % | 5 |
Why may MOOR be the right solution?
"Moor" is the right answer because dropping anchor is a way to secure a boat or ship in place, which is also what mooring does - it secures a vessel in place by tying it to a fixed structure like a pier or buoy.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Drop anchor
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- cast anchor
- anchor
- weigh anchor
- stream the buoy
- cockbill
- break ground
- back
- fall down
- spring
- weigh
- trip
- moor
Crossword Answer definitions
MOOR noun- An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath
- A game preserve consisting of moorland.
- To cast anchor or become fastened.
- To fix or secure (e.g. a vessel) in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with ropes, cables or chains or the like
- To secure or fix firmly.
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 MOOR
- Make fast
- Secure a vessel
- Othello, e.g.
- Othello, for one
- Desolate place
- Open wasteland
- Othello, ethnically
- Secure, as a ship
- Anchor
- Tie up at the dock