The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word HEW which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.
Fell crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HEW | 65 % | 3 |
| SANK | 7 % | 4 |
| DESCENDED | 5 % | 9 |
| TOOKAHEADER | 5 % | 11 |
| CUTAcrDn | 5 % | 8 |
| CUTDOWN | 5 % | 7 |
| DROPT | 2 % | 5 |
| CHOPDOWN | 2 % | 8 |
| SLAY | 2 % | 4 |
| WANED | 2 % | 5 |
Why may HEW be the right solution?
The word "fell" can mean to cut down a tree, and "hew" is a synonym for cutting or chopping. Therefore, "hew" is the right answer.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Fell
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- roughshod
- hide
- strike down
- drop
- cut down
- savage
- vanish
- vicious
- brutal
- barbarous
- cruel
- inhumane
Crossword Answer definitions
HEW verb- To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down.
- To shape; to form.
- To act according to, to conform to; usually construed with to.
- Hue; colour
- Shape; form
- Destruction by cutting down.
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 HEW
- Take an ax to
- Axe a tree
- Fell
- Onetime Cabinet dept.
- Shape with an axe
- Cut off
- Cut with an axe
- Fell by chopping
- Chop down
- Chop off
More clues leading to the result SANK
- Went down
- Went to bed?
- Made, as a putt
- What the Titanic did
- Dropped down
- Foundered
- Torpedoed
- Went under
- Made, as pool shots
- Dropped
More clues leading to the result DESCENDED
More clues leading to the result TOOKAHEADER
More clues leading to the result CUTAcrDn
More clues leading to the result CUTDOWN
More clues leading to the result DROPT
More clues leading to the result CHOPDOWN
More clues leading to the result SLAY
- Do in the dragon
- Overwhelm with laughter
- Do in
- Dispatch a dragon
- Overwhelm
- Amusingly overwhelm
- Kill
- Do well at a 39-Down
- Emulate Natty Bumppo
- Do in, as a dragon