The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word RIA which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Estuary crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RIA | 60 % | 3 |
| INLET | 24 % | 5 |
| ARM | 12 % | 3 |
| FIRTH | 3 % | 5 |
| DELTA | 1 % | 5 |
| TIDALRIVERMOUTH | 1 % | 15 |
Why may RIA be the right solution?
"RIA" is the right solution because a "ria" is a coastal inlet formed by the partial submergence of a river valley.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Estuary
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- estuarine
- river
- ria
- firth
- pond
- seawater
- terminal
- fishery
- inlet
- arm
- mouth
- scheldt
Crossword Answer definitions
RIA noun- A submergent coastal landform, often known as a drowned river valley
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 RIA
- Inlet
- River inlet
- Small inlet in a shoreline
- Estuary
- Narrow inlet
- Narrow waterway
- Small river inlet
- Money transfer company
- Calm waters site
- Crossword inlet
More clues leading to the result INLET
- Puget Sound, for one
- Small bay
- Small cove
- Shoreline recess
- Cove
- Firth or fjord
- Narrow waterway
- Sound connection?
- Certain entrance
- Passage to the sea
More clues leading to the result ARM
- Extremity
- Aikman's asset
- Annex
- Branch
- Chair part
- Kind of limb
- Pitcher's asset
- Prepare for a fight
- Upper limb
- Half an exorbitant price?
More clues leading to the result FIRTH
- 2011 Best Actor
- Something like a loch
- Scottish inlet
- Scottish seacoast feature
- __ of Forth
- ___ of Forth.
- Solway or Clyde.
- Arm of the sea.
- Forth, for one.
- Forth or Clyde
More clues leading to the result DELTA
- Actress Burke
- Alluvial land
- Nin's "______ of Venus"
- After gamma
- Gamma's follower
- Mississippi's mouth
- River mouth
- Mouth of the Mississippi
- Airline whose name is a letter
- Northwest merger partner