The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SINK which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Drop in the ocean? crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SINK | 35 % | 4 |
| EBB | 35 % | 3 |
| EBBTIDE | 24 % | 7 |
| TAD | 6 % | 3 |
Why may SINK be the right solution?
The phrase "drop in the ocean" is a metaphor for something insignificant or small. A sink is a place where things drop or go down, making it a clever play on words for this clue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Drop in the ocean?
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- drop in the sea
- drop in the pond
- drop in the bucket
- spit in the ocean
- tip of the iceberg
- fish out of water
- much ado about nothing
- shallow end
- drop
- mic drop
- bump in the road
- fly in the ointment
Crossword Answer definitions
SINK noun- A basin used for holding water for washing.
- A drain for carrying off wastewater.
- A sinkhole.
- A depression in land where water collects, with no visible outlet.
- A heat sink.
- A place that absorbs resources or energy.
- The motion of a sinker pitch.
- An object or callback that captures events; event sink
- A destination vertex in a transportation network
- An abode of degraded persons; a wretched place.
- A depression in a stereotype plate.
- A stage trap-door for shifting scenery.
- An excavation less than a shaft.
- (game development) One or several systems that remove currency from the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing inflation
- (heading, physical) To move or be moved into something.
- (heading, social) To diminish or be diminished.
- To conceal and appropriate.
- To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.
- To pay absolutely.
- To reduce or extinguish by payment.
- To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fail in strength.
- To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.
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 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 EBB
More clues leading to the result EBBTIDE
- Period of decline
- Low water precursor
- Hit song for the Righteous Brothers
- Broadway composer Fred's laundry detergent of choice?
- Best time for beachcombers
- Oceanic reflux
- 1960s hit with the line "And the sea is very still once more"
- *Drop in the ocean
- Drop in the ocean
- Good time for a beachcomber