The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word RIA , but the solution may also be COVE which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Inlet crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RIA | 70 % | 3 |
| COVE | 15 % | 4 |
| ARM | 8 % | 3 |
| ESTUARY | 2 % | 7 |
| FIORD | 1 % | 5 |
| BACKWATER | 1 % | 9 |
| BAYOU | 0 % | 5 |
| FJORD | 0 % | 5 |
| ESTERO | 0 % | 6 |
| ARMOFTHESEA | 0 % | 11 |
| AIT | 0 % | 3 |
| SOUND | 0 % | 5 |
| CREEK | 0 % | 5 |
Why may COVE be the right solution?
"Cove" is a small, sheltered inlet or bay, making it a fitting answer for the clue "Inlet." It is a common term used to describe a small body of water partially surrounded by land.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Inlet
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- recess
- cove
- entry
- entrance
- entering
- enter
- ingress
- admission
- admittance
- input
- arrival
- coming
Crossword Answer definitions
RIA noun- A submergent coastal landform, often known as a drowned river valley
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 RIA
- Inlet
- River inlet
- Small inlet in a shoreline
- Estuary
- Narrow inlet
- Narrow waterway
- Small river inlet
- Money transfer company
- Calm waters site
- Crossword inlet
More clues leading to the result COVE
- Cabot's ___, mystery setting
- Smuggler's "port"
- Place to moor
- Docking station?
- Protected inlet
- Sheltered hollow
- Shoreline recess
- Sheltered bay
- Shoreline nook
- Inlet
More clues leading to the result ARM
- Extremity
- Aikman's asset
- Annex
- Branch
- Chair part
- Kind of limb
- Pitcher's asset
- Prepare for a fight
- Upper limb
- Half an exorbitant price?
More clues leading to the result ESTUARY
- Where river meets sea
- Chesapeake Bay, for example
- River mouth area
- Where fresh and salt waters meet
- River-sea link
- Puget Sound, e.g.
- Place where fresh water and salt water mix
- River-to-sea connection
- River mouth
- Sea arm
More clues leading to the result FIORD
- Nordic natural wonder
- Rocky Norwegian plateau
- Coastal gorge
- Long, deep, narrow inlet: var.
- Oslo is located on one (var.)
- Norwegian coast feature
- Scandinavian bay: Var.
- Glacial erosion result: Var.
- Glacial inlet: Var.
- Rocky islet.
More clues leading to the result BACKWATER
More clues leading to the result BAYOU
- Ronstadt's "Blue ___"
- ___ Bengals (LSU team's moniker)
- "Born on the ___" (CCR)
- Louisiana water
- "Jambalaya" territory
- Place for a pirogue
- Marshy tributary
- Louisiana lake
- Louisiana backwater
- Delta habitat
More clues leading to the result FJORD
- Oslo inlet
- Sight from Oslo
- Rocky inlet
- Steep-sided inlet
- Inlet formed by glacial erosion
- Oslo sight
- Scandinavian bay
- Scandinavian inlet
- Long, narrow arm of a sea
- Denmark coastal feature
More clues leading to the result ESTERO
- Inlet: Span.
- River mouth: Span.
- Estuary: Span.
- Inlet: Sp.
- Spanish inlet.
- Sea inlet, in Spain
- Inlet
- Town near Florida Gulf Coast University
More clues leading to the result ARMOFTHESEA
More clues leading to the result AIT
- Islet
- Little island
- River islet
- Small island
- Land spit
- River isle
- Bit of land in a river
- Little isle
- Small islet
- River island
More clues leading to the result SOUND
- Well balanced
- In solid shape
- Healthy
- See 53 Down
- Logical
- 2013 hit "Safe and __"
- Hale
- In good shape
- Air waves?
- Auditory stimulus