The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word IMBUE , but the solution may also be SEEP which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Permeate crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| IMBUE | 49 % | 5 |
| SEEP | 21 % | 4 |
| IMBRUE | 9 % | 6 |
| FILL | 5 % | 4 |
| SEEPINTO | 4 % | 8 |
| SOAK | 3 % | 4 |
| SOAKIN | 3 % | 6 |
| INSTIL | 1 % | 6 |
| INFUSE | 1 % | 6 |
| RIDDLE | 1 % | 6 |
| SEEPIN | 1 % | 6 |
| DIFFUSE | 1 % | 7 |
| PERVADE | 1 % | 7 |
Why may SEEP be the right solution?
The answer "SEEP" is the right solution to the clue "Permeate" because it means to pass slowly or gradually through something, just like a liquid seeping through a porous material.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Permeate
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- percolate
- filter
- imbue
- sink in
- diffuse
- pervade
- interpenetrate
- soak
- penetrate
- cross
- infiltrate
- inspire
Crossword Answer definitions
IMBUE verb- To wet or stain an object completely with some physical quality.
- In general, to act in a way which results in an object becoming completely permeated or impregnated by some quality.
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 IMBUE
- Permeate
- Suffuse
- Charge, as with feeling
- Permeate throughout
- Saturate
- Infuse (with)
- Inspire profoundly
- Saturate (with)
- Suffuse, as with color
- Inspire
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 IMBRUE
More clues leading to the result FILL
- Do some dentistry
- "The war on ___" (trend of declining quality in crossword words)
- ___-in-the-blank (cheap strategy used to cram a 20-Across with even more thematic material)
- All one can stand
- Supply with facts, with "in"
- All you can eat
- Top off
- Stuff
- Jam to capacity
- Occupy to capacity
More clues leading to the result SEEPINTO
More clues leading to the result SOAK
- Overcharge
- Tend to a stain
- Drench
- Laze in the bubble bath
- Washer cycle
- Part of a wash cycle
- Charge too much
- Linger in the tub
- Long bath
- Post-game activity
More clues leading to the result SOAKIN
- Absorb deeply
- Thoroughly absorb
- Absorb thoroughly
- Penetrate
- Penetrate the mind
- Permeate
- Really absorb
- Penetrate fully
- Absorb
- Become understood gradually
More clues leading to the result INSTIL
- Permeate
- Teach bit by bit
- Impart gradually: Var.
- Infuse slowly.
- Infuse
- Implant
- Impart gradually
- Inject
- Add slowly
More clues leading to the result INFUSE
- Flavor by soaking
- Imbue
- Flavor by steeping, as vodka
- Add (into), as energy
- Add, as if by pouring
- Instill
- Introduce
- Brew, as tea
- Make tea from leaves
- Steep.
More clues leading to the result RIDDLE
- ---
- Conundrum
- Question posed by Turandot
- Question meant to confound
- Brainteaser
- Verbal puzzle
- Fill with holes
- Fill full of holes
- Mind-teasing question
- Puzzling question
More clues leading to the result SEEPIN
- Infiltrate slowly
- Penetrate slowly
- Enter slowly
- Enter through the cracks
- Enter slowly, in a way
- Cross a border, perhaps
- Gradually enter
- Penetrate drop by drop
- Enter gradually
- Enter via cracks