The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word NEAP which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2024.
Tide type crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NEAP | 88 % | 4 |
| EBB | 10 % | 3 |
| RIP | 2 % | 3 |
| HIGH | 1 % | 4 |
Why may NEAP be the right solution?
The answer to "Tide type" is "NEAP" because neap tide refers to a period of minimal tidal range occurring when the gravitational forces of the sun and moon are at right angles to each other. This results in a weaker tidal effect.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Tide type
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- neap
- ebb
- rip
- high
- lee
- ripped
- ripping
- fashion
- flat
- flow
- flux
- inflow
Crossword Answer definitions
NEAP noun- The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals.
- A neap tide.
- To trap a ship (or ship and crew) in water too shallow to move, due to the smaller tidal range occurring in a period of neap tides.
- To ooze, to sink, to subside, to tail
- (of a tide) Low; lowest; the ebb or lowest point of a tide.
- Designating a tide which occurs just after the first and third quarters of the moon, when there is the least difference between high tide and low tide.
- The swede (rutabaga), called "turnip" in Scotland.
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 NEAP
- __ tide
- Kind of tide
- Less than average tide
- Tide type
- Low tide
- Tide table term
- Certain tide
- It occurs during the third quarter of the moon
- Third-quarter occurence
- Third-quarter phenomenon
More clues leading to the result EBB
More clues leading to the result RIP
- Lacerate
- __-roaring
- Come apart
- Cut apart
- En-graved letters?
- __ off (steal)
- Run in a stocking, e.g.
- Final sentiment, initially
- Torn from Texas
- ___-roaring start?