The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word EBB , but the solution may also be SINK which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EBB | 35 % | 3 |
| SINK | 35 % | 4 |
| 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
EBB noun- The receding movement of the tide.
- A gradual decline.
- A low state; a state of depression.
- A European bunting, the corn bunting (Emberiza calandra, syns. Emberiza miliaria, Milaria calandra).
- To flow back or recede
- To fall away or decline
- To fish with stakes and nets that serve to prevent the fish from getting back into the sea with the ebb
- To cause to flow back.
- Low, shallow
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 EBB
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 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