The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word WANES , but the solution may also be ABATES which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Ebbs crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| WANES | 36 % | 5 |
| RECEDES | 36 % | 7 |
| ABATES | 8 % | 6 |
| SUBSIDES | 3 % | 8 |
| DECLINES | 3 % | 8 |
| LESSENS | 3 % | 7 |
| EASESUP | 3 % | 7 |
| SLACKENS | 3 % | 8 |
| DIES | 3 % | 4 |
| LETSUP | 3 % | 6 |
Why may ABATES be the right solution?
The word "ebbs" means to decrease or lessen. "Abates" is a synonym for decrease or lessen, making it the right answer to the clue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Ebbs
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- low
- reflux
- wane
- receding
- declines
- dies
- diminishes
- dwindles
- recedes
- subsides
- wanes
- fluctuates
Crossword Answer definitions
WANES noun- A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc.
- The lunar phase during which the sun seems to illuminate less of the moon as its sunlit area becomes progressively smaller as visible from Earth.
- The end of a period.
- A rounded corner caused by lack of wood, often showing bark.
- To progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.; to decline.
- Said of light that dims or diminishes in strength.
- Said of the Moon as it passes through the phases of its monthly cycle where its surface is less and less visible.
- Said of a time period that comes to an end.
- To decrease physically in size, amount, numbers or surface.
- To cause to decrease.
- A child.
- A house or dwelling.
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- Stamping devices
- Taps' partners
- __ laughing (cracks up)
- Buys the farm
- Goes the way of all flesh
- Becomes powerless
- Coin stampers
- Runs out of juice
- Loses in a videogame, often
- Conks out