The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word DAM , but the solution may also be SLUICE which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Water gate crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DAM | 85 % | 3 |
| SLUICE | 8 % | 6 |
| TAP | 8 % | 3 |
Why may SLUICE be the right solution?
A sluice is a gate or channel through which water flows, often used for controlling the flow of water in a river or canal. Therefore, "Water gate" is a clever clue that refers to a sluice gate.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Water gate
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- floodgate
- penstock
- sluicegate
- head gate
- sluice valve
- watergate
- sluice gate
- headgate
- sluice
- dropwall
- waste gate
- hatch
Crossword Answer definitions
DAM noun- A structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow or part of the flow, generally for purposes such as retaining or diverting some of the water or retarding the release of accumulated water to avoid abrupt flooding.
- The water reservoir resulting from placing such structure.
- A device to prevent a tooth from getting wet during dental work, consisting of a rubber sheet held with a band.
- A reservoir.
- A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace.
- To block the flow of water.
- Female parent, mother, generally regarding breeding of animals (correlative to sire).
- A kind of crowned piece in the game of draughts.
- An obsolete Indian copper coin, equal to a fortieth of a rupee.
- A former coin of Nepal, 128 of which were worth one mohar.
- Damn.
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 DAM
- It holds water
- TVA project
- Hoover is one
- Hoover or Norris
- Hoover, for one
- It retains water
- Reservoir creator
- Water container?
- Water stopper
- Barrier
More clues leading to the result SLUICE
- Channel with a gate
- Wet channel
- Artificial water channel
- Regulated channel
- Water channel
- Man-made channel
- Gated conduit
- Gold miner's water trough
- Floodgate
- Irrigation device