The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SLUICES , but the solution may also be CHUTES which is one of the most recent solution (1995 in New York Times).
Flumes crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SLUICES | 50 % | 7 |
| CHUTES | 50 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Flumes
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- gulch
- canals
- channels
- waterslide
- conveyors
- coiler
- sluiceway
- waterfalls
- weirs
- waterwheel
- lagoons
- penstock
Crossword Answer definitions
SLUICES noun- An artificial passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, for example in a canal lock or a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow.
- A water gate or floodgate.
- Hence, an opening or channel through which anything flows; a source of supply.
- The stream flowing through a floodgate.
- A long box or trough through which water flows, used for washing auriferous earth.
- An instance of wh-stranding ellipsis, or sluicing.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result SLUICES
- Floodgates
- Water channels
- Drenches.
- Flumes.
- Washes down.
- Channels.
- Floodgates.
- Channels
- Flushes, as a deck
- Mining troughs