The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word HOLE , but the solution may also be DIG which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in LA Times).
Excavation crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HOLE | 33 % | 4 |
| MINE | 20 % | 4 |
| DIG | 13 % | 3 |
| MINING | 7 % | 6 |
| DITCH | 7 % | 5 |
| POSTHOLE | 7 % | 8 |
| PIT | 7 % | 3 |
| STOPE | 7 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Excavation
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- dig
- mining
- digging
- hole in the ground
- prospecting
- mine
- drilling
- trench
- pit
- dredging
- excavator
- drill
Crossword Answer definitions
HOLE noun- A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening in or through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent; a fissure.
- (heading) In games.
- An excavation pit or trench.
- A weakness; a flaw or ambiguity.
- A container or receptacle.
- In semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle.
- A security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit.
- An orifice, in particular the anus. When used with shut it always refers to the mouth.
- (particularly in the phrase "get one's hole") Sex, or a sex partner.
- (with "the") Solitary confinement, a high-security prison cell often used as punishment.
- An undesirable place to live or visit; a hovel.
- Difficulty, in particular, debt.
- A chordless cycle in a graph.
- To make holes in (an object or surface).
- (by extension) To destroy.
- To go into a hole.
- To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball or golf ball.
- To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in.
- Entire, undivided.
- Sound, uninjured, healthy.
- (of food) From which none of its constituents has been removed.
- As yet unworked.
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 HOLE
- Bob Hope Classic target
- Duffer's target
- Golfer's target
- Ozone-level decrease
- Aperture
- Donut center
- Hollow space
- Cavity
- Tiger's target
- Mole hangout
More clues leading to the result MINE
- Outfielder's call
- Alternative to "your place"
- Belonging to me
- Excavation
- "___ eyes have seen the glory..."
- Coal hole
- Not yours
- Source of gold
- Greedy kid's declaration
- Miser's word
More clues leading to the result DIG
- Archeological site
- Archaelogical site
- Excavate
- Flippant remark
- Really groove on
- Insult, or enjoy
- Go for the gold
- Groove on
- "You follow?"
- Get to the bottom of things?
More clues leading to the result MINING
- One of the 3M Company's M's, originally
- De Beers business
- Stoping.
- Montana activity.
- Potential space colony activity
- Excavation
- Field in which people pick their work?
- Extracting ores
- Pit activity
More clues leading to the result DITCH
- Moat
- Leave behind, as a "friend"
- Leave behind, as one's "friends" might
- Get rid of
- Trench
- Steeplechase obstacle
- Deep-six
- Throw out
- Small waterway
- Dump
More clues leading to the result POSTHOLE
More clues leading to the result PIT
- Fruit discard
- Refueling area
- Seed
- Trading floor
- Peach center
- Pendulum's partner
- Casino area
- Pole-vaulter's landing area
- Trading place
- Avocado leftover