The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ABATE , but the solution may also be EBB which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in LA Times).
Tail off crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ABATE | 56 % | 5 |
| WANE | 17 % | 4 |
| EBB | 11 % | 3 |
| LESSEN | 11 % | 6 |
| LETUP | 6 % | 5 |
Why may EBB be the right solution?
"Ebb" means to gradually lessen or reduce, which is synonymous with the phrase "tail off." In this context, both terms refer to a decrease or decline in intensity or amount.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Tail off
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- tail away
- trail off
- taper off
- diminish
- trail away
- tail
- taper
- slack off
- fade away
- end off
- drop off
- slope off
Crossword Answer definitions
ABATE noun- Abatement.
- (obsolete outside law) To put an end to; to cause to cease.
- To become null and void.
- To nullify; make void.
- To humble; to lower in status; to bring someone down physically or mentally.
- To be humbled; to be brought down physically or mentally.
- To curtail; to deprive.
- To reduce in amount, size, or value.
- To decrease in size, value, or amount.
- To moderate; to lessen in force, intensity, to subside.
- To decrease in intensity or force; to subside.
- To deduct or omit.
- To bar or except.
- To cut away or hammer down, in such a way as to leave a figure in relief, as a sculpture, or in metalwork.
- To dull the edge or point of; to blunt.
- To destroy, or level to the ground.
- To enter a tenement without permission after the owner has died and before the heir takes possession.
- An Italian abbot, or other member of the clergy.
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 ABATE
More clues leading to the result WANE
- Wax counterpart
- Decrease
- Ease off
- Slack off
- Wax's counterpart
- Decline
- Alternative to wax
- Begin to fade
- Diminish
- Draw to a close
More clues leading to the result EBB
More clues leading to the result LESSEN
- Diminish
- Abate
- Ebb
- Cut down on auditor's classroom assignment (6)
- Ease up, as pressure
- Pull back
- Subside
- Cut back
- Mitigate
- Let up