The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SEEP , but the solution may also be SCREEN which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).
Filter crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SEEP | 30 % | 4 |
| STRAIN | 19 % | 6 |
| SCREEN | 15 % | 6 |
| SIFT | 7 % | 4 |
| DRAIN | 7 % | 5 |
| CULL | 4 % | 4 |
| STRAINER | 4 % | 8 |
| SCREENOUT | 4 % | 9 |
| PERCOLATE | 4 % | 9 |
| SIEVE | 4 % | 5 |
| MESH | 4 % | 4 |
Why may SCREEN be the right solution?
The word "screen" can be used as a filter to separate out unwanted elements, making it a suitable answer for the clue "Filter."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Filter
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- filtrate
- filter out
- percolate
- permeate
- trickle
- sink in
- strain
- dribble
- separate out
- strainer
- filtration
- sieve
Crossword Answer definitions
SEEP noun- A small spring, pool, or other spot where liquid from the ground (e.g. water, petroleum or tar) has oozed to the surface; a place of seeping.
- Moisture, liquid, gas, etc. that seeps out; a seepage.
- The seeping away of a liquid, etc.
- A seafloor vent.
- To ooze or pass slowly through pores or other small openings, and in overly small quantities; said of liquids, etc.
- To enter or penetrate slowly; to spread or diffuse.
- To diminish or wane away slowly.
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 SEEP
- Ooze
- Trickle down
- Enter slowly
- Filter through
- Percolate
- Slip through the cracks?
- Slow flow
- Run
- Trickle
- Creep out
More clues leading to the result STRAIN
- Go beyond the limit
- Air, or pressure
- Overexert
- Exertion
- Considerable effort
- Muscle problem
- Use a sieve
- Variety
- Back problem
- Sports injury
More clues leading to the result SCREEN
- All eyes are on the big one
- Weed out, as callers
- Where stars are viewed
- Hearth accessory
- Cineplex need
- No-fly zone border?
- Audition
- View a film
- Word that can mean "show" or "hide"
- Sift through, as job applications
More clues leading to the result SIFT
- Examine and sort carefully
- Winnow
- Go through
- Work on evidence
- Do a floury chore
- Look through laboriously
- Sprinkle, as sugar on a cake
- Process flour
- Remove particles from
- Separate with a sieve
More clues leading to the result DRAIN
- Flow off
- Place for a plumber's helper
- Sink hole
- Sink outlet
- Gradual outflow
- Sap
- Hair collection spot in a tub
- Sink's outlet
- Colander
- Lose liquid
More clues leading to the result CULL
- Sift through
- Sort
- Gather
- Gather selectively
- Select
- Pluck pickily
- Filter
- Cherry-pick
- Separate, as the wheat from the chaff
- Winnow
More clues leading to the result STRAINER
- Colander
- Kitchen gadget
- Noodle holder, at times
- It won't hold water
- Chef's device
- Colander kin
- Kitchen utensil.
- Colander.
- Kitchen implement.
- Kitchen tool.
More clues leading to the result SCREENOUT
More clues leading to the result PERCOLATE
More clues leading to the result SIEVE
- Strainer
- It assists during straining times
- It doesn't hold water
- Pasta making requirement
- Pasta strainer
- Epitome of leakage
- Filter in the kitchen
- Symbol of leakiness
- Kitchen strainer
- Straining aid