The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word EBBS , but the solution may also be DIMS which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Fades crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EBBS | 37 % | 4 |
| DIMS | 26 % | 4 |
| DIES | 16 % | 4 |
| WANES | 11 % | 5 |
| WITHERS | 5 % | 7 |
| AGES | 5 % | 4 |
Why may DIMS be the right solution?
"DIMS" is the right solution because "fades" is a synonym for "dims," meaning to become less bright or intense.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Fades
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- languish
- wither
- evanesce
- disappearance
- pass off
- blow over
- pass
- slice
- fade out
- fleet
- becomes
- dim
Crossword Answer definitions
EBBS 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.
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 EBBS
More clues leading to the result DIMS
- Turns down
- Grows faint
- Turns the lights down
- Darkens
- Lowers, lightwise
- Becomes faint
- Turns down, as lights
- Fades out
- Lowers, as lights
- Lowers, in a way
More clues leading to the result DIES
- 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
More clues leading to the result WANES
More clues leading to the result WITHERS
- Shrivels
- Fades
- Jane ___ of the movies.
- Part of a horse's back
- Loses freshness
- Part of a horse between the shoulder blades
- Dries up
- Dries up in the sun