The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word RIFT , but the solution may also be RENT which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in Wall Street Journal).
Fissure crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RIFT | 30 % | 4 |
| RENT | 16 % | 4 |
| CLEFT | 9 % | 5 |
| REFT | 9 % | 4 |
| CREVICE | 8 % | 7 |
| RIMA | 6 % | 4 |
| SLIT | 4 % | 4 |
| CHINK | 4 % | 5 |
| GAP | 3 % | 3 |
| CRACK | 3 % | 5 |
| CRANNY | 2 % | 6 |
| SPLIT | 2 % | 5 |
| CHASM | 1 % | 5 |
| GASH | 1 % | 4 |
| CHAP | 1 % | 4 |
| CREVASSE | 1 % | 8 |
| SEAM | 1 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Fissure
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- cleft
- scissure
- cranny
- crevice
- crack
- chap
- rift
- leak
- slit
- fracture
- split
- ano
Crossword Answer definitions
RIFT noun- A chasm or fissure.
- A break in the clouds, fog, mist etc., which allows light through.
- A shallow place in a stream; a ford.
- To form a rift; to split open.
- To cleave; to rive; to split.
- (obsolete outside Scotland and northern Britain) To belch.
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 RIFT
- Break in relations
- Serious difference of opinion
- Altercation
- Fault of an earthquake
- Split
- Major falling-out
- Oculus ___ (virtual reality headset)
- Diplomatic break
- Beginning of the end, say
- Breach of friendship
More clues leading to the result RENT
- 1997 Broadway show
- Boardwalk payment
- Jonathan Larson musical
- Landlord's due
- Monopoly payment
- Monthly payment
- Pay to use
- Lease out
- Monthly outlay
- Cost of occupation
More clues leading to the result CLEFT
- Chin feature
- Dudley Do-Right facial feature
- Split
- Chin indentation
- Part of a chin, maybe
- Feature of some chins
- Chin chink
- Travolta facial feature
- __ chin
- Crevice
More clues leading to the result REFT
- Torn apart
- Fissure
- Plundered, to Chaucer
- Robbed, old-style
- Deprived of, old-style
- Taken away by force, once
- Plundered, old-style
- Cleft.
- Deprived of: Poetic.
- Lorn.
More clues leading to the result CREVICE
- Fissure
- Narrow rock opening
- Rock opening
- Rock fissure
- Narrow opening in a cliff
- Rift
- Narrow opening
- Chink.
- Fissure.
- Cranny
More clues leading to the result RIMA
- Terza ___ (verse form)
- "Green Mansions" girl
- 'Green Mansions' girl
- Terza ___ (kind of verse form)
- Terza ___ (Italian verse form)
- Bird girl of "Green Mansions"
- The Bird Girl of "Green Mansions"
- Device for un poeta
- "Green Mansions" heroine played by Audrey Hepburn
- Ottava __ (Italian verse form)
More clues leading to the result SLIT
More clues leading to the result CHINK
- Narrow opening in one's armor
- Armor defect
- Armor trouble
- Armor problem
- Armor imperfection
- Jingle.
- Sound of struck metal.
- Crack.
- Slit.
- Small rent.
More clues leading to the result GAP
- Hiatus
- Letterman dental feature
- Opening
- Cumberland, e.g.
- Discontinuity
- Letterman's dental feature
- Space in the record, say
- ___ Kids
- Forever 21 rival
- Generation split
More clues leading to the result CRACK
- ---
- Trunk line?
- Attempt
- Submit to stress
- Smart remark
- Clever remark
- Liberty Bell feature
- Cutting remark
- Fissure
- Figure out
More clues leading to the result CRANNY
- Rock opening
- Nook's partner
- Narrow opening
- Little corner
- Out-of-the-way corner
- Obscure corner
- Crack in the wall
- Hole in the wall
- Nook
- Out-of-the-way place
More clues leading to the result SPLIT
- 7-10, for one
- Part company
- Depart
- Bowler's bane
- Alley challenge
- Share equally
- Ice cream order
- Undecided
- Ivanisevic's hometown
- Candlepins bummer
More clues leading to the result CHASM
- Gorge
- Breach
- Wide fissure
- Yawning gulf
- What a stunt skater might jump over
- Big hole
- Daredevil's challenge
- Big gap
- Bottomless pit
- Deep dark place
More clues leading to the result GASH
- Deep cut
- Possible result of a sword fight
- Open wound
- Injury
- Long cut
- Nasty cut
- Stitches target
- Knife mark
- Knife wound
- Dicer's injury
More clues leading to the result CHAP
- Bloke
- Gent
- British gent
- Mate
- Companion
- Fellow
- Young fellow
- Break in the winter
- Crack in the winter
- Redden and split
More clues leading to the result CREVASSE
- Himalayan danger
- Mountain-climbing obstacle
- Deep fissure
- Glacial fissure
- Climbing hurdle
- Deep fissure, as in a glacier
- Glacial fissure.
- Deep fissure.
- Break in a dike
- Glacier hazard