Declined.
The crossword clue "Declined." is answered by SANK, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SANK
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SANK answer page.
Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for SANK
Every other clue in this collection answered by SANK, most used first.
- Went under - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Went down - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Foundered - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Submerged - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Went to the bottom - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Didn't float - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Dropped - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Plummeted - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Pocketed, as a pool ball - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Descended - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Made, as a putt - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Went underwater - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Lost buoyancy - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Scuttled - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Fell gradually - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Lost altitude - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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- Declined - SLID, used 14 times
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