The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word LEES which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.
Sediment crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LEES | 53 % | 4 |
| SILT | 32 % | 4 |
| DREGS | 11 % | 5 |
| DREG | 2 % | 4 |
| ALLUVIA | 1 % | 7 |
| DEPOSIT | 1 % | 7 |
Why may LEES be the right solution?
"Lees" refers to the sediment that settles at the bottom of a container during the winemaking process. Therefore, it is an appropriate answer for the clue "Sediment."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sediment
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- deposit
- siltation
- silt
- water
- sedimentary
- sludge
- sedimentation
- sunken
- lateritious
- pellet
- solid
- lees
Crossword Answer definitions
LEES noun- The sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit.
- A protected cove or harbor, out of the wind.
- The side of the ship away from the wind.
- A sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind (see also leeside); shelter; protection.
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 LEES
- Fermentation dregs
- Gitano competitor
- Sediment
- Wine sediment
- Bottom of the barrel
- Majors and Iacocca
- Marvin and Meriwether
- Spike and Pinky
- Cask dregs
- Popular jeans
More clues leading to the result SILT
- River sediment
- Sediment deposit
- Tahoe deposit
- Stream deposit
- Delta material
- River deposit
- Bank deposit
- Delta clogger
- Deposit in a bank?
- Fine earth
More clues leading to the result DREGS
- Lees
- Leftovers
- Bottom-of-the-barrel stuff
- Hardly the creme de la creme
- Decanter residue
- Wine sediment
- 101-Across stuff
- Least desirable portion
- Wine-barrel sediment
- Wine-bottle residue
More clues leading to the result DREG
- Small remnant
- Bit of residue
- Bit of sediment
- Bit at the bottom of the cafetière
- Undesirable part
- Small amount of residue
- Bottom-of-the-barrel bit
- Vestige
- Bit at the bottom of the barrel
- Remnant