The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SEEP , but the solution may also be SHALE which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in New York Times).
One source of oil crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SEEP | 20 % | 4 |
| OLIVES | 20 % | 6 |
| OLIVE | 20 % | 5 |
| SHALE | 20 % | 5 |
| TIDELAND | 20 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: One source of oil
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- crude oil
- petroleum
- olive
- shale
- linseed
- cod
- soybean
- cottonseed
- well
- nut
- palm
- sesame
Crossword Answer definitions
SEEP noun- A small spring, pool, or other spot where liquid from the ground (e.g. water, petroleum or tar) has oozed to the surface; a place of seeping.
- Moisture, liquid, gas, etc. that seeps out; a seepage.
- The seeping away of a liquid, etc.
- A seafloor vent.
- To ooze or pass slowly through pores or other small openings, and in overly small quantities; said of liquids, etc.
- To enter or penetrate slowly; to spread or diffuse.
- To diminish or wane away slowly.
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 SEEP
- Ooze
- Trickle down
- Enter slowly
- Filter through
- Percolate
- Slip through the cracks?
- Slow flow
- Run
- Trickle
- Creep out
More clues leading to the result OLIVES
- They may be colossal
- Oil-producing fruits
- Salad spheroids
- Tapenade ingredients
- Pizza topping
- Mount of ___ (Biblical location)
- Jerusalem's Mount of ___
- Martini garnishes
- They may be pitted
- Antipasto morsels
More clues leading to the result OLIVE
- "Thimble Theatre" name
- Martini garnish
- Place for a pimento
- Stuffed salad ingredient
- __ branch (peace offering)
- Cocktail garnish
- Kind of drab
- Miss Oyl?
- Miss Oyl
- Popeye's gal
More clues leading to the result SHALE
- Claylike rock
- Fissile rock
- Oil source
- Oil-yielding rock
- Fine-grained rock
- Fragile layered rock
- Product of mud compaction
- Rock used in fracking
- Sedimentary rock
- Fuel-yielding rock