The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word DIES which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2023.
Fizzles crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DIES | 50 % | 4 |
| SPUTTERS | 50 % | 8 |
Why may DIES be the right solution?
The word "fizzles" suggests something losing its energy or excitement. The word "dies" means to cease living or to lose vitality, which fits the clue perfectly.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Fizzles
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- fizzle out
- peter out
- taper off
- fails
- falters
- peters
- ignites
- sparks
- explodes
- fades
- sours
- vanishes
Crossword Answer definitions
DIES verb- To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
- To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death).
- To yearn intensely.
- To be or become hated or utterly ignored or cut off, as if dead.
- To become spiritually dead; to lose hope.
- To be mortified or shocked by a situation.
- To be so overcome with emotion or laughter as to be incapacitated.
- (of a machine) To stop working, to break down.
- (of a computer program) To abort, to terminate (as an error condition).
- To perish; to cease to exist; to become lost or extinct.
- To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.
- (often with "to") To become indifferent; to cease to be subject.
- To disappear gradually in another surface, as where mouldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.
- To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.
- (of a stand-up comedian or a joke) To fail to evoke laughter from the audience.
- The cubical part of a pedestal; a plinth.
- A device for cutting into a specified shape.
- A device used to cut an external screw thread. (Internal screw threads are cut with a tap.)
- A mold for forming metal or plastic objects.
- An embossed device used in stamping coins and medals.
- (plural also dice) An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.
- Any small cubical or square body.
- A colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.
- Any hue, color, or blee.
- To colour with dye, or as if with dye.
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 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