The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word MOLT which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2023.
Drop down? crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MOLT | 55 % | 4 |
| SINK | 14 % | 4 |
| SHED | 14 % | 4 |
| DIP | 9 % | 3 |
| DEMOTE | 5 % | 6 |
| SAG | 5 % | 3 |
Why may MOLT be the right solution?
The answer "MOLT" is the right solution because when certain animals, like snakes or birds, molt, they shed or drop down their old skin, feathers, or outer layer.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Drop down?
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- sink
- fall down
- drop
- go down
- ride down
- coast
- go below
- run down
- navigate
- strike sail
- drop astern
- go down with
Crossword Answer definitions
MOLT noun- The process of shedding or losing a covering of fur, feathers or skin etc.
- The skin or feathers cast off during the process of moulting.
- To shed or lose a covering of hair or fur, feathers, skin, horns, etc, and replace it with a fresh one.
- To shed in such a manner.
- To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.
- To dissolve, disperse, vanish.
- To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken.
- To be discouraged.
- To be emotionally softened or touched.
- To be very hot and sweat profusely.
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 MOLT
- Shed skin
- Shed
- Shed a coat
- Process of shedding skin or feathers
- Drop down?
- Shed one's skin
- Shed, as feathers
- Lose feathers
- Drop feathers
- Shed feathers
More clues leading to the result SINK
- Drop down
- Bathroom basin
- Smell skunky
- Make, as a putt
- Basement fixture, sometimes
- Get sent down to the lower leagues?
- Laundry room fixture
- Site for soap
- Kitchen fixture
- Bathroom fixture
More clues leading to the result SHED
- Get hair all over the rug
- Lose hair
- Molt
- Place for the lawn mower
- Repel·
- Shelter
- Cast off
- Get rid of
- Hut
- Repel
More clues leading to the result DIP
- A pickpocket
- Double __ (ice-cream cones)
- Sheep __ (pre-shearing preparation)
- Chip's companion
- Chip's destination
- Short swim
- Party bowlful
- Contents of a bowl at some parties
- Chip's target
- Appetizer in a bowl
More clues leading to the result DEMOTE
- Kick downstairs
- Grade down
- Send down the ladder
- Tear a stripe off
- Lower, as rank
- Take down a peg
- Take down a notch
- Take down a peg
- Reduce in rank
- Take away responsiblity