The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word BORE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2014.
Hollow out crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BORE | 40 % | 4 |
| CAVE | 30 % | 4 |
| REAM | 10 % | 4 |
| ROUT | 10 % | 4 |
| EXCAVATE | 10 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Hollow out
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- hollow
- core out
- carve out
- excavate
- hole
- empty out
- dish out
- hew out
- overhollow
- scoop
- beat hollow
- dig out
Crossword Answer definitions
BORE noun- A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.
- The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
- A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.
- A capped well drilled to tap artesian water. The place where the well exists.
- One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.
- Something dull or uninteresting
- Calibre; importance.
- To inspire boredom in somebody.
- To make a hole through something.
- To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
- To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
- To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
- To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
- To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
- (of a horse) To shoot out the nose or toss it in the air.
- To fool; to trick.
- A sudden and rapid flow of tide occuring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.
- To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.
- To support, sustain, or endure.
- To support, keep up, or maintain.
- To press or impinge upon.
- To produce, yield, give birth to.
- (originally nautical) To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).
- To gain or win.
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 BORE
- Brought forth
- Induce yawning
- Put to sleep
- See 33A
- Predictable person
- Make a tunnel
- "A person who opens his mouth and puts his feats in it," according to Henry Ford
- "It's such a ___ Being always Poor" (Langston Hughes)
- 20-Across, e.g., especially during solving
- Annoying drip
More clues leading to the result CAVE
- Bat hideout
- __ in (yield)
- Home for a bat, a man, or Batman
- Go soft in negotiations
- React to pressure
- Yield
- Hermit's hideaway
- Bear lair
- Spelunking milieu
- Collapse
More clues leading to the result REAM
- Enlarge, as a hole
- Paper measure
- Paper quantity
- Laser paper measure
- Scold, slangily, with "out"
- 480, 500, or 516
- Do a boring job
- Twenty quires
- Do a boring job?
- Staples paper, e.g.
More clues leading to the result ROUT
- Overthrow
- Scare off
- Sound defeat
- Decisive defeat
- Overwhelming defeat
- Complete ass-kicking
- Occasion for the mercy rule
- Crush in competition
- Contest that might involve a doormat
- Super Bowl XLVIII, e.g.