The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SPUTTERS , but the solution may also be DIES which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in LA Times).
Fizzles crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SPUTTERS | 50 % | 8 |
| DIES | 50 % | 4 |
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
SPUTTERS verb- To emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.
- To speak so rapidly as to emit saliva; to utter words hastily and indistinctly, with a spluttering sound, as in rage.
- To throw out anything, as little jets of steam, with a noise like that made by one sputtering.
- To cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions.
- To coat the surface of an object by sputtering.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result SPUTTERS
- Blows up, in a sense
- Doesn't run smoothly
- Reacts to an affront, maybe
- Shoots forth
- Speaks incoherently
- Fizzles out
- Speaks hastily and indistinctly.
- Speaks hastily and explosively.
- Speaks indistinctly.
- Speaks hastily and disjointedly.