Founder

The answer

SINK

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SINK answer page.

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1975. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• FAIL (1 uses in xd)
• GODOWN (1 uses in xd)
• OUR (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for SINK

Every other clue in this collection answered by SINK, most used first.

• Kitchen fixture - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
• Go under - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Go down - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Make, as a putt - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Descend - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Swim's alternative - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Submerge - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Drop in the ocean - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Kitchen basin - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Swim alternative - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Bathroom fixture - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Plummet - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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.

• University founder Cornell - EZRA, used 35 times
• McDonald's founder Ray - KROC, used 31 times
• Reader's Digest co-founder Wallace - LILA, used 30 times
• Sierra Club founder John - MUIR, used 30 times
• Founder of Stoicism - ZENO, used 29 times
• Magazine founder Eric - UTNE, used 28 times

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