The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word MINES , but the solution may also be STONES which is one of the most recent solution (2009 in New York Times).
Pits crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MINES | 36 % | 5 |
| SEEDS | 27 % | 5 |
| STONES | 18 % | 6 |
| NADIRS | 9 % | 6 |
| HOLES | 9 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Pits
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- cavity
- quarry
- colliery
- stone
- pitfall
- mark
- scar
- pock
- fossa
- orchestra pit
- oppose
- match
Crossword Answer definitions
MINES noun- Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer.
- A specific facial expression.
- An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.
- Any source of wealth or resources.
- A passage dug toward or underneath enemy lines, which is then packed with explosives.
- A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.
- A type of firework that explodes on the ground, shooting sparks upward.
- The cavity made by a caterpillar while feeding inside a leaf.
- A machine or network of machines used to extract units of a cryptocurrency.
- To remove (ore) from the ground.
- To dig into, for ore or metal.
- To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area).
- To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).
- To dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth.
- To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine.
- (by extension) To ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.
- To pick one's nose.
- To earn new units of cryptocurrency by doing certain calculations.
- Variation of mine, formed through analogy based on the final -s of the other possessive pronouns (ours, yours, hers, theirs, his)
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 MINES
- "King Solomon's ___"
- Looks for lodes
- Gets gems
- Goes for the gold
- Gold diggers' targets
- Extraction sites
- Goes for the gold?
- Gets the lead out?
- Rock groups' locales?
- Digs for gold
More clues leading to the result SEEDS
- Bird-feeder fill
- It's for the birds
- Navel orange's lack
- Pomegranate's interior, essentially
- Tourney ranks
- Pre-tournament favorites
- Roll toppers
- Sows
- Tournament rankings
- Burpee's wares
More clues leading to the result STONES
- Ezra and Sharon
- Rock group
- Rolling musicians?
- Some are precious
- Paving pieces
- Mick's band
- Tortures, in medieval times
- "Ruby Tuesday" band, with "The"
- Pebbles
- Skippers on the water
More clues leading to the result NADIRS
- Lowest points
- Low points
- Lowest of low points
- Depths
- Lows
- Rock-bottoms
- Bottoms
- Bedrocks
- Lowest points.
- Times of greatest depression.