The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word EATDIRT , but the solution may also be EAT DIRT which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Grovel crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EATDIRT | 41 % | 7 |
| KOWTOW | 12 % | 6 |
| COWER | 12 % | 5 |
| FAWN | 12 % | 4 |
| CRAWL | 6 % | 5 |
| EAT DIRT | 6 % | 8 |
| BOWANDSCRAPE | 6 % | 12 |
| BEG | 6 % | 3 |
Why may EAT-DIRT be the right solution?
The answer "EAT DIRT" is the right solution because "grovel" means to behave in a submissive or humiliated manner, and "eating dirt" is often used as a metaphor for showing extreme subservience or humiliation.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Grovel
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- crawl
- creep
- cower
- cringe
- fawn
- slither
- supplicate
- trample
- genuflect
- kowtow
- obsequiously
- kneel
Crossword Answer definitions
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 EATDIRT
- "Go to hell"
- Accept blame quietly
- Crash into the ground, slangily
- Grovel
- Humble oneself
- Take the blame
- Abase oneself
- Retract a misstatement humbly
- Humbly accept blame
- Accept blame with shame
More clues leading to the result KOWTOW
- Obsequious gesture
- Show complaisance
- Grovel
- Fawningly defer (to)
- Be a bootlicker
- Act the toady
- Show servility
- Display deference
- Bow and scrape
- Show deference
More clues leading to the result COWER
- Shrink in fear
- Hide in fear
- Cringe
- Show fear
- Act like a scaredy-cat
- Cringe in fear
- Be intimidated
- Act frightened
- Cringe; flinch
- Act intimidated
More clues leading to the result FAWN
- Bambi, at one time
- Act the sycophant
- Yearling in The Yearling
- Be a bootlicker
- Be a sycophant
- Light yellowish-brown
- Doe boy?
- Bow and scrape
- Youngster in the woods
- Babe in the woods
More clues leading to the result CRAWL
- Pool stroke
- Swimming stroke
- TV credits list
- Very slow pace
- Rush-hour pace
- Swim stroke
- Pub-___ (tour the taverns)
- Move like rush-hour traffic
- Rush hour pace
- Moving news channel feature