The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word PLUMMET which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2018.
Take a dive crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PLUMMET | 25 % | 7 |
| SCUBA | 25 % | 5 |
| LIEDOWN | 17 % | 7 |
| TRIP | 8 % | 4 |
| PLUNGE | 8 % | 6 |
| DROP | 8 % | 4 |
| LOSE | 8 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Take a dive
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- swan-dive
- dive
- take a dip
- go down the toilet
- dive in
- plunge
- take a tumble
- take a spill
- take the plunge
- hit the skids
- jump the shark
- crash dive
Crossword Answer definitions
PLUMMET noun- A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water, a plumb bob or a plumb line
- Hence, any weight
- A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing (that is, to mark with rules, with lines)
- A plummet line, a line with a plummet; a sounding line
- Violent or dramatic fall
- A decline; a fall; a drop
- To drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly.
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 PLUMMET
- Go straight down
- Nosedive
- Nose-dive
- Fall fruit gathered (7)
- Surveyer's item.
- Fall straight down.
- Fall
- Take a dive
- Fall suddenly
- Drop precipitously
More clues leading to the result SCUBA
- Diver's gear
- Treasure hunter's gear
- Acronym on Caribbean vacations that's not really an acronym anymore
- Diving gear
- Go deep, say
- Gear for Cousteau
- Aquanaut's gear
- 1943 invention
- Aqualung
- Go under for a while?
More clues leading to the result LIEDOWN
- Order to Fido
- Recline
- Stretch out
- Get off one's feet
- Hit the hay
- Rest
- Rest a spell, or a fitting title for this puzzle
- Rest, perhaps
- Prepare to sleep
- Prepare to drop off, maybe
More clues leading to the result TRIP
- Sojourn
- Set off
- Stumble
- Memorable entrance
- Word with ego or field
- Junket
- Ungraceful entrance
- __ the light fantastic
- Acid effect
- Honeymoon, e.g.
More clues leading to the result PLUNGE
- Daredevil's drop
- Thrust
- Dive
- Go off the deep end
- Dramatic dive
- Drop precipitously
- Fall rapidly
- Drastic drop
- Dramatic drop
- Drop
More clues leading to the result DROP
- What you wait for the other shoe to do
- Cease to consider
- Discontinue
- Let fall
- Night deposit
- Knock down
- Pine Bros. unit
- __ leaf table
- Plummet
- Stop doing