Plummet
The crossword clue "Plummet" is answered by NOSEDIVE, a 8-letter entry. Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NOSEDIVE
8 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NOSEDIVE answer page.
Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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- FREEFALL (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for NOSEDIVE
Every other clue in this collection answered by NOSEDIVE, most used first.
- Sudden plunge - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Plunge - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
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