The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word WANE , but the solution may also be EBB which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).
Peter out crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| WANE | 31 % | 4 |
| ABATE | 24 % | 5 |
| EBB | 17 % | 3 |
| DIE | 10 % | 3 |
| LOSESTEAM | 2 % | 9 |
| RUNDRY | 2 % | 6 |
| END | 2 % | 3 |
| DRYUP | 2 % | 5 |
| RECEDE | 2 % | 6 |
| FIZZLE | 2 % | 6 |
| DIEAWAY | 2 % | 7 |
| FADE | 2 % | 4 |
Why may EBB be the right solution?
"Ebb" is a synonym for "peter out," meaning to gradually diminish or lessen. In this context, both words convey the idea of something fading away or decreasing in intensity.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Peter out
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- fizzle out
- taper off
- poop out
- conk out
- run down
- fizzle
- run out
- peter
- gutter out
- die out
- fade out
- go out
Crossword Answer definitions
WANE noun- A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc.
- The lunar phase during which the sun seems to illuminate less of the moon as its sunlit area becomes progressively smaller as visible from Earth.
- The end of a period.
- A rounded corner caused by lack of wood, often showing bark.
- To progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.; to decline.
- Said of light that dims or diminishes in strength.
- Said of the Moon as it passes through the phases of its monthly cycle where its surface is less and less visible.
- Said of a time period that comes to an end.
- To decrease physically in size, amount, numbers or surface.
- To cause to decrease.
- A child.
- A house or dwelling.
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 WANE
- Wax counterpart
- Decrease
- Ease off
- Slack off
- Wax's counterpart
- Decline
- Alternative to wax
- Begin to fade
- Diminish
- Draw to a close
More clues leading to the result ABATE
More clues leading to the result EBB
More clues leading to the result DIE
- Gambling cube
- Tool and ____ set
- Trivial Pursuit need
- __-hard
- "The ___ is cast." (Caesar)
- Conk out
- It's one you roll
- Cube with dots?
- Gaming cube
- Monopoly cube
More clues leading to the result LOSESTEAM
More clues leading to the result RUNDRY
- Stop producing
- Become useless, as a well
- Become depleted, as a well
- Become depleted
- Lose moisture.
- Peter out.
- Become depleted of water
- Have no more good ideas
More clues leading to the result END
- Break off
- Curling division
- Deep or dead follower
- Finale
- Finis
- Finish
- He may be offensive
- Last gasp
- Sign off
- Wind up
More clues leading to the result DRYUP
- Run out of ideas
- Desiccate
- Become free of moisture
- "Shut your yapper!"
- Evaporate
- Become unavailable, as funds
- Stop producing opportunities, as a financial market
- Stop talking
- Stop talking: Slang.
- Wither: parch.
More clues leading to the result RECEDE
- Withdraw
- Go back
- Fall back
- Ebb
- Retreat, like a hairline
- Move back
- Reveal more forehead
- Subside
- Move away
- Give ground gradually