Answer to "Shovel" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word DIG which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2011.

Shovel crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
DIG	50 %	3
DIGGER	25 %	6
SPADE	25 %	5

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Shovel

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• shovelful
• spadeful
• digger
• excavator
• power shovel
• spade
• bucket
• bulldozer
• dustpan
• backhoe
• broom
• scoop

Crossword Answer definitions

DIG noun

1. An archeological or paleontological investigation, or the site where such an investigation is taking place.
2. A plodding and laborious student.
3. A thrust; a poke.
4. A tool for digging.
5. A defensive pass of the ball that has been attacked by the opposing team.
6. A cutting, sarcastic remark.
7. A rare or interesting vinyl record bought second-hand.

DIG verb

1. To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.
2. To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up.
3. To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
4. To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously.
5. To investigate, to research, often followed by out or up.
6. To thrust; to poke.
7. To defend against an attack hit by the opposing team by successfully passing the ball

DIG verb

1. To understand or show interest in.
2. To appreciate, or like.

DIG noun

1. Digoxin.

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 DIG

• Archeological site
• Archaelogical site
• Excavate
• Flippant remark
• Really groove on
• Insult, or enjoy
• Go for the gold
• Groove on
• "You follow?"
• Get to the bottom of things?

More clues leading to the result DIGGER

• *One with a spade in one's hand
• Word with clam or gold
• Shovel
• Gold seeker.
• Prospector.
• N.Z. or Aussie W.W. I soldier
• Aussie W.W. I soldier
• Miner
• Groundhog, notably
• Shovel user

More clues leading to the result SPADE

• Garden tool
• Detective Sam
• Fictional detective Sam
• Digging tool
• A deck king
• Bogart role in The Maltese Falcon
• Hammett hero
• "They Can Only Hang You Once" sleuth
• Groundbreaker?
• Groundbreaking instrument