The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word STRAIT , but the solution may also be RIA which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in LA Times).
Narrow waterway crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STRAIT | 44 % | 6 |
| RIA | 30 % | 3 |
| INLET | 19 % | 5 |
| CANAL | 7 % | 5 |
Why may RIA be the right solution?
"RIA" is the right solution because a ria is a narrow inlet of the sea formed by the partial submergence of a river valley.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Narrow waterway
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- canal
- channel
- inlet
- strait
- ditch
- gut
- lay-by
- creek
- ditching
- fiord
- loch
- rift
Crossword Answer definitions
STRAIT noun- A narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water.
- A narrow pass, passage or street.
- A neck of land; an isthmus.
- (often in the plural) A difficult position.
- To confine; put to difficulties.
- To tighten.
- Narrow; restricted as to space or room; close.
- Righteous, strict.
- Tight; close; tight-fitting.
- Close; intimate; near; familiar.
- Difficult; distressful.
- Parsimonious; stingy; mean.
- Strictly; rigorously.
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 STRAIT
- C&W's George
- ____ of Magellan
- See 30-Across
- Isthmus
- Cook or Bering
- Funnel for ships
- Country singer George
- Bottleneck in the blue
- Narrow nautical passage
- Narrow waterway
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 INLET
- Puget Sound, for one
- Small bay
- Small cove
- Shoreline recess
- Cove
- Firth or fjord
- Narrow waterway
- Sound connection?
- Certain entrance
- Passage to the sea