The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word DRIFT , but the solution may also be ELNINO which is one of the most recent solution (2008 in Boston Globe).
Ocean current crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DRIFT | 25 % | 5 |
| TIDE | 25 % | 4 |
| NEAPTIDE | 25 % | 8 |
| ELNINO | 25 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Ocean current
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- flow
- undercurrent
- ocean
- watercourse
- body of water
- wind stream
- throughflow
- sweep
- streamwater
- stream
- mainstream
- waterstream
Crossword Answer definitions
DRIFT noun- (physical) Movement; that which moves or is moved.
- The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
- A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.
- The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.
- The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
- (handiwork) A tool.
- A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles.
- Minor deviation of audio or video playback from its correct speed.
- The situation where a performer gradually and unintentionally moves from their proper location within the scene.
- A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.
- Movement.
- A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler.
- Slow, cumulative change.
- To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.
- To move haphazardly without any destination.
- To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.
- To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
- To drive into heaps.
- To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.
- To make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.
- To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
- To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).
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 DRIFT
- "Do you get my ___?"
- Blow with the wind
- "Catch my ___?"
- Go with the flow
- Snowbank
- Wander aimlessly
- Move aimlessly
- Tendency
- Go off course
- Snowstorm's aftermath
More clues leading to the result TIDE
- Fab rival
- All alternative
- All's rival
- Bayman's concern
- Laundry detergent
- Oceanic rise and fall
- Red __ (shellfish bane)
- Rip or neap
- "Crimson ___" : Alabama athletes
- 'Bama team
More clues leading to the result NEAPTIDE
- Low-range sea change
- It comes with the 1st and 3rd quarters of the moon
- Moon product
- Oceanic phenomenon
- Ocean phenomenon
- Semimonthly phenomenon
- High, but not highest, water level.
- A phase of ocean motion.
- Low monthly fluctuation of the sea.
- Level of oceanic influx.