The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word TAILSPIN which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1991.
Sudden descent crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TAILSPIN | 50 % | 8 |
| SWOOP | 50 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sudden descent
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- swoop
- tailspin
- drop
- anticlimax
- avalanche
- downfall
- bathos
- crash
- souse
- soused
- precipitately
- precipitously
Crossword Answer definitions
TAILSPIN noun- The rapid, uncontrollable descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral.
- A severe mental or emotional collapse; emotional breakdown.
- Any sharp, sustained, often uncontrollable descent or decline.
- Of an aircraft: to go into a rapid, uncontrollable descent in a steep spiral.
- To go into a sharp, sustained, often uncontrollable descent or decline.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result TAILSPIN
- Precipitous downturn
- Dramatic downturn
- Dizzying dive
- Pilot's problem
- Critical downturn
- Sudden and precipitous downturn
- Dramatic decline
- Sudden decline
- Sudden collapse
- Spiraling air maneuver.