The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word TRIP , but the solution may also be FALL which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Take a tumble crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TRIP | 47 % | 4 |
| FALL | 41 % | 4 |
| SLIPANDFALL | 6 % | 11 |
| FALLDOWN | 6 % | 8 |
Why may FALL be the right solution?
"FALL" is the right answer because "take a tumble" is a common way of saying someone has fallen or stumbled to the ground.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Take a tumble
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- skell
- topple over
- tump
- fall over
- overbalance
- tipple
- overfall
- tumble down
- bauf
- hit the dirt
- fall down on
- fold
Crossword Answer definitions
TRIP noun- A journey; an excursion or jaunt
- A stumble or misstep
- An error; a failure; a mistake
- A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations
- A faux pas, a social error
- Intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition
- A mechanical cutout device
- A trip-switch or cut-out
- A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip
- A small piece; a morsel; a bit
- The act of tripping someone, or causing them to lose their footing
- A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward
- To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot
- (sometimes followed by "up") to cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble by knocking their feet from under them
- To be guilty of a misstep or mistake; to commit an offence against morality, propriety, etc
- To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict
- To activate or set in motion, as in the activation of a trap, explosive, or switch
- To be activated, as by a signal or an event
- To experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate, due to consuming psychoactive drugs
- To journey, to make a trip
- To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip
- To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free
- To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it
- (most commonly used in the form tripping) to become unreasonably upset, especially over something unimportant; to cause a scene or a disruption
- Of or relating to trips
- A herd or flock of sheep, goats, etc.
- A troop of men; a host
- A flock of wigeons
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 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 FALL
- Season
- Trip follower
- Take a tumble
- "The _____ of the House of Usher"
- 31-Across follower
- Back-to-school time
- Tumble down
- Succumb to gravity
- Mountaineer's worry
- Autumn