The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word EBB , but the solution may also be RECEDE which is one of the most recent solution (2022 in Wall Street Journal).
Dwindle 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 |
| WANE | 27 % | 4 |
| ABATE | 7 % | 5 |
| FADE | 5 % | 4 |
| SHRIVEL | 4 % | 7 |
| MELT | 3 % | 4 |
| ERODE | 2 % | 5 |
| LESSEN | 2 % | 6 |
| RUNLOW | 2 % | 6 |
| DIMINISH | 1 % | 8 |
| FLAG | 1 % | 4 |
| RECEDE | 1 % | 6 |
| FADEAWAY | 1 % | 8 |
| PETEROUT | 1 % | 8 |
| RUNSHORT | 1 % | 8 |
| SUBSIDE | 1 % | 7 |
| REDUCE | 1 % | 6 |
| FALLAWAY | 1 % | 8 |
| DECREASE | 1 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Dwindle
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- dwindle away
- dwindle down
- decrease
- wane
- diminish
- shrink
- lessen
- reduce
- decline
- wither
- ebb
- skyrocket
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 WANE
- Wax counterpart
- Decrease
- Ease off
- Slack off
- Wax's counterpart
- Decline
- Alternative to wax
- Begin to fade
- Diminish
- Draw to a close
More clues leading to the result ABATE
More clues leading to the result FADE
- Grow dimmer
- Lose color
- Weaken
- Disappear
- Hi-top haircut
- Become indistinct
- Scene ender
- Conclusion to some songs
- Curving golf shot
- Die off toward the end
More clues leading to the result SHRIVEL
- Dwindle
- Get withered
- Wither to nothingness
- Wizen
- Dry (up)
- Wither
- Get dry and wrinkly
- Wither.
- Shrink and wrinkle.
- Contract
More clues leading to the result MELT
- Soften up
- Cheesy sandwich
- Fuse
- Sandwich with cheese
- Get soft
- Lose shape
- Thaw
- What water caused the Wicked Witch of the West to do
- Fuse or thaw
- Feel charmed and then some
More clues leading to the result ERODE
- Diminish
- Slowly destroy
- Wear away
- Whittle away
- Diminish gradually
- Fade gradually
- Grind down
- Rust
- Wear down
- Diminish by degrees
More clues leading to the result LESSEN
- Diminish
- Abate
- Ebb
- Cut down on auditor's classroom assignment (6)
- Ease up, as pressure
- Pull back
- Subside
- Cut back
- Mitigate
- Let up
More clues leading to the result RUNLOW
- Be in need of a recharge
- Near the bottom of the barrel
- Get close to "Empty"
- Be almost out
- Dwindle
- Need replenishing
- Be almost gone, as supplies
- My mansion shelves are fully stocked so that I never ...
- Become nearly depleted
More clues leading to the result DIMINISH
More clues leading to the result FLAG
- Lose strength
- Piece of bunting
- Jolly Roger, for one
- Masthead
- Ref's dropping
- Begin to droop
- Stratego piece
- Waver in the wind
- One posted outside an embassy
- Embassy adornment
More clues leading to the result RECEDE
- Withdraw
- Go back
- Fall back
- Ebb
- Retreat, like a hairline
- Move back
- Reveal more forehead
- Subside
- Move away
- Give ground gradually
More clues leading to the result FADEAWAY
- Dwindle
- Famous last words.
- Evanesce
- Backward-moving basketball shot
- Hard-to-block jumper, in hoops
- Fallback jump shot
- Type of basketball shot
- Dirk Nowitzki's signature move
- Basketball shot made while leaning backward
More clues leading to the result PETEROUT
- Die away slowly
- Become exhausted
- Fizzle
- Fade away.
- Become exhausted.
- Diminish gradually.
- Diminish gradually
- Part 2 of the quip
- Fade gradually
- Dwindle
More clues leading to the result RUNSHORT
More clues leading to the result SUBSIDE
More clues leading to the result REDUCE
- Minimize
- Cut down to size
- Knock off
- Slim down
- Boil down
- Discount
- Be a good loser?
- Diet
- Turn down
- Lower in degree