The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CAVES , but the solution may also be PITS which is one of the most recent solution (2006 in USA Today).
Holes in the ground crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CAVES | 40 % | 5 |
| CRATERS | 20 % | 7 |
| GORGES | 20 % | 6 |
| PITS | 20 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Holes in the ground
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- pits
- cavities
- craters
- dibble
- auger
- spider
- reamer
- nineholes
- dibbler
- bore
- cheese
- drill
Crossword Answer definitions
CAVES noun- A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.
- A hole, depression, or gap in earth or rock, whether natural or man-made.
- A storage cellar, especially for wine or cheese.
- A place of retreat, such as a man cave.
- A naturally-occurring cavity in bedrock which is large enough to be entered by an adult.
- A shielded area where nuclear experiments can be carried out.
- (drilling) Debris, particularly broken rock, which falls into a drill hole and interferes with drilling.
- A collapse or cave-in.
- The vagina.
- (often "Cave") A group that breaks from a larger political party or faction on a particular issue.
- Any hollow place, or part; a cavity.
- A code cave.
- To surrender.
- To collapse.
- To hollow out or undermine.
- To engage in the recreational exploration of caves.
- In room-and-pillar mining, to extract a deposit of rock by breaking down a pillar which had been holding it in place.
- To work over tailings to dress small pieces of marketable ore.
- To dwell in a cave.
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 CAVES
- Holes in the ground
- Gives up the fight
- Spelunking sites
- Gives in
- Spelunkers' environs
- Where troglodytes feel at home
- Spelunking venues
- Stalagmite sites
- Troglodytes' homes
- Trolls' homes
More clues leading to the result CRATERS
- Volcanic depressions
- Moon units?
- Moon depressions
- With 56 Across, they take the names of writers, artists, and composers
- Meteor-impact sites
- Result of meteoric impacts
- deep depressions
- Lunar phenomena
- Planetary impact consequences
- Significant depressions
More clues leading to the result GORGES
- Olduvai, et al.
- Stuffs oneself
- Small canyons
- Eats like a pig
- Ravines
- The Grand Canyon et al.
- Indulges and then some
- Holes in the ground
- Gets stuffed
- Features of some rivers.