The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word PLUMMETS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1964.
Drops straight down crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PLUMMETS | 100 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Drops straight down
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- plummet
- sheer
- downright
- fall
- dribble
- direct
- downhill
- precipitant
- plump
- sheerness
- perpendicular
- plumb
Crossword Answer definitions
PLUMMETS noun- A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water, a plumb bob or a plumb line
- Hence, any weight
- A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing (that is, to mark with rules, with lines)
- A plummet line, a line with a plummet; a sounding line
- Violent or dramatic fall
- A decline; a fall; a drop
- To drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly.
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