The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word PIT which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2021.
Hole crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
PIT | 32 % | 3 |
PORE | 18 % | 4 |
INONE | 14 % | 5 |
CAVITY | 14 % | 6 |
GAP | 9 % | 3 |
DEFECT | 5 % | 6 |
LAIR | 5 % | 4 |
APERTURE | 5 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Hole
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- hollow
- trap
- fix
- jam
- pickle
- maw
- yap
- muddle
- mess
- kettle of fish
- hole out
- cavity
Crossword Answer definitions
PIT noun- A hole in the ground.
- An area at a racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race.
- A section of the marching band containing mallet percussion instruments and other large percussion instruments too large to march, such as the tam tam. Also, the area on the sidelines where these instruments are placed.
- A mine.
- A hole or trench in the ground, excavated according to grid coordinates, so that the provenance of any feature observed and any specimen or artifact revealed may be established by precise measurement.
- A trading pit.
- The bottom part of something.
- Armpit.
- A luggage hold.
- A small surface hole or depression, a fossa.
- The indented mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox.
- The grave, or underworld.
- An enclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats.
- Formerly, that part of a theatre, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theatre.
- Part of a casino which typically holds tables for blackjack, craps, roulette, and other games.
- A pit bull terrier.
- A mosh pit.
- (law enforcement, usually used with "maneuver") A maneuver by which a police officer, by use of a police car, nudges the vehicle of a fleeing suspect enough for the suspect's vehicle to lose control and become disabled so the police officer can catch and apprehend the suspect.
- The fissile core of a nuclear weapon, commonly made of plutonium surrounded by high-explosive lenses.
- (hospital slang) The emergency department.
- To make pits in; to mark with little hollows.
- To put (an animal) into a pit for fighting.
- To bring (something) into opposition with something else.
- To return to the pits during a race for refuelling, tyre changes, repairs etc.
- A seed inside a fruit; a stone or pip inside a fruit.
- A shell in a drupe containing a seed.
- The core of an implosion weapon, consisting of the fissile material and any neutron reflector or tamper bonded to it.
- To remove the stone from a stone fruit or the shell from a drupe.
- A pit bull terrier.
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 PIT
- Fruit discard
- Refueling area
- Seed
- Trading floor
- Peach center
- Pendulum's partner
- Casino area
- Pole-vaulter's landing area
- Trading place
- Avocado leftover
More clues leading to the result PORE
- Dermal opening
- Hole
- Skin opening
- Tiny skin opening
- Orifice
- Study carefully
- Hole in the head
- Delve into
- Read attentively
- Examine carefully, with "over"
More clues leading to the result INONE
- "____ ear and ..."
- 3-__ (household oil)
- Words with hole or two
- ___ fell swoop
- Hole ____: golfer's dream
- Hole-___ (golf coup)
- Hole-____(ace)
- "__ ear and ..."
- Combined
- All-___ (combined)
More clues leading to the result CAVITY
- Hollow
- Hollowed-out area
- Hollow space
- Empty area
- Hole that's often filled
- Dentist's concern
- Hole
- Dentist's target
- What a filling fills
- Cause for a dental filling
More clues leading to the result GAP
- Hiatus
- Letterman dental feature
- Opening
- Cumberland, e.g.
- Discontinuity
- Letterman's dental feature
- Space in the record, say
- ___ Kids
- Forever 21 rival
- Generation split
More clues leading to the result DEFECT
More clues leading to the result LAIR
- Hideaway
- Leo's lounge
- Place for a cowardly lion?
- Retreat
- Secluded place
- Tiger's den
- Den
- Hidden place
- Hiding place
- Home to Leo