Sink or ___

The answer

SWIM

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

Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1961. It appears in 6 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
• Sink alternative - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• 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'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

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.

• Sink stopper - PLUG, used 24 times
• Sink or swim - VERB, used 20 times
• Sink one's teeth into - BITE, used 12 times
• Sink problem - DRIP, used 12 times
• Didn't sink - SWAM, used 9 times
• Sink-cleaning brand - AJAX, used 9 times

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