Headfirst plunge
The crossword clue "Headfirst plunge" is answered by DIVE, a 4-letter entry. Used 15 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2017. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DIVE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DIVE answer page.
Used 15 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2017. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for DIVE
Every other clue in this collection answered by DIVE, most used first.
- Seedy bar - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Seedy joint - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Plunge - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Jackknife, for one - used 16 times, most recently in 2021
- Plunge into a pool - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Jackknife. - used 11 times, most recently in 1969
- Jackknife, e.g. - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Gainer. - used 10 times, most recently in 1972
- Jump into a pool - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Go off the deep end? - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Joint - used 7 times, most recently in 2004
- Swan, for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Takes the plunge - WEDS, used 27 times
- Plunge - DROP, used 16 times
- Take the plunge - DARE, used 10 times
- Plunge - FALL, used 8 times
- Took the plunge - DOVE, used 6 times
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