Sink alternative

The answer

SWIM

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

Used 16 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SWIM

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

• Take a dip - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Do laps in a pool - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Enjoy the pool - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Do some laps - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Do the crawl - used 13 times, most recently in 2011
• Do laps - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Dip - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Go for a dip - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Take to the pool - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
• Start a triathlon - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Do laps in the pool - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Do the butterfly - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• Sink or ___ - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Sink's alternative - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• In the ___. - used 7 times, most recently in 1969
• Take a dip in the pool - used 7 times, most recently in 2024

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