The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SPAT , but the solution may also be PLOP which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).
Sound of a raindrop crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SPAT | 40 % | 4 |
| PLASH | 40 % | 5 |
| PLOP | 20 % | 4 |
Why may PLOP be the right solution?
The word "plop" is commonly used to describe the sound of a raindrop hitting a surface, making it the fitting answer to the clue "Sound of a raindrop."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sound of a raindrop
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- plop
- splat
- rain
- pitter-patter
- spat
- spats
- bubble
- clump
- chunk
- hut
- aeroplane
- ant
Crossword Answer definitions
SPAT verb- To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
- To emit or expel in a manner similar to evacuating saliva from the mouth; specifically, to rain or snow slightly.
- To utter (something) violently.
- (hip-hop) To rap, to utter.
- To make a spitting sound, like an angry cat.
- The spawn of shellfish, especially oysters and similar molluscs.
- A juvenile shellfish which has attached to a hard surface.
- To spawn. Used of shellfish as above.
- (often in the plural) A covering or decorative covering worn over a shoe.
- A piece of bodywork that covers the upper portions of the rear tyres of a car.
- A brief argument, falling out, quarrel.
- To quarrel or argue briefly.
- A light blow with something flat.
- To strike with a spattering sound.
- To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together, as the hands.
- An obsolete unit of distance in astronomy (symbol S), equal to one billion kilometres.
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 SPAT
- Brief quarrel
- Falling-out
- Lovers' tiff
- Tiff
- Petty clash
- Run-in
- Didn't swallow
- Petty disagreement
- Row
- Bit of drama among lovers
More clues leading to the result PLASH
- Puddle sound
- Gentle pool sound
- Pool or puddle sound
- Sound of the sea.
- A pool or puddle.
- Echoic sound of lapping water.
- Intertwine branches in a hedge.
- Small pool.
- Trim hedges.
- Sound of rippling water.