The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word EBB which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2022.
Fall back crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EBB | 42 % | 3 |
| LAG | 19 % | 3 |
| RECEDE | 12 % | 6 |
| RELAPSE | 7 % | 7 |
| RETREAT | 5 % | 7 |
| RETIRE | 4 % | 6 |
| REVERT | 2 % | 6 |
| ELSE | 2 % | 4 |
| RECIDIVATE | 1 % | 10 |
| ABATE | 1 % | 5 |
| REEL | 1 % | 4 |
| RAG | 1 % | 3 |
| REGRESS | 1 % | 7 |
| LAPSE | 1 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Fall back
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- fall behind
- recede
- lapse
- relapse
- lag
- retire
- recidivate
- retrogress
- lose
- regress
- dawdle
- recur
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 LAG
- Dawdle
- Dilly dally
- Fall behind
- Act the snail
- Eightball start
- Fail to keep up
- Fall behind a GAL?
- Dilly-dally
- Problem for a gamer with slow wifi
- Word after jet or time
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 RELAPSE
- Setback of sorts
- Backslide
- Setback of a sort
- Fall off the wagon
- Get sick again
- Backslide, medically
- Recovery setback
- Slip back into a former practice
- It sometimes follows rehab
- Fall back
More clues leading to the result RETREAT
- Turn tail
- Withdrawal
- Backpedal
- Den
- Weekend getaway
- Military withdrawal
- Den, to dad
- Spa, typically
- A hasty one can be beat
- Draw back
More clues leading to the result RETIRE
- Hit the sack
- Collect Canada Pension
- Go to bed
- Hang 'em up
- Leave work
- Put out to pasture
- Withdraw
- What kids don't like to do at a slumber party
- Receive a golden handshake, perhaps
- Stop working
More clues leading to the result REVERT
- Return to a former condition
- Backslide
- Go back (to a previous version)
- Go back to square one
- Backslide, perhaps
- Go back to the way you were
- Fall back on old ways
- Go back (to), as a habit
- Return, as to a past practice
- Go back
More clues leading to the result ELSE
- Otherwise
- "So what __ is new?"
- "Stop or __!"
- Besides
- Choice word
- Choice word?
- Different
- If not
- Other
- Ultimatum ender
More clues leading to the result RECIDIVATE
More clues leading to the result ABATE
More clues leading to the result REEL
- Feel dizzy
- Irish dance
- React to a haymaker
- Spin
- Fail a sobriety test, perhaps
- Rod's companion
- Spin about
- Angler's gear
- Hose holder
- Rod attachment
More clues leading to the result RAG
- Geronimo, for one
- Joplin composition
- Joplin work
- Scott Joplin's style
- ____ picker (scavenger)
- Scott Joplin piece
- Scott Joplin product
- Tabloid
- Worn-out garment
- Old cloth
More clues leading to the result REGRESS
- Backslide
- Fall back
- Go back
- Go backwards
- Go back.
- Retrograde.
- Withdrawal.
- Turn backward
- Withdrawal
- Move backward