The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word DYING which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Going out, as embers crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DYING | 100 % | 5 |
Why may DYING be the right solution?
The word "dying" is the right solution because when embers are "going out," they are losing their heat and brightness, which is similar to the process of dying.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Going out, as embers
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- egress
- exit
- outgoing
- exodus
- obsolescent
- dating
- excursion
- outbound
- outgo
- outward
- devious
- disappearing
Crossword Answer definitions
DYING 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.
- To colour with dye, or as if with dye.
- The process of approaching death; loss of life; less precisely, death.
- (with "the") Those who are currently expiring, moribund.
- Approaching death; about to die; moribund.
- Declining, terminal, or drawing to an end.
- Pertaining to death, or the moments before death.
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