Sink or swim

The answer

VERB

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

Used 20 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026. 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

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

• PLUMBINGFIXTURE (1 uses in xd)
• SOS (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for VERB

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

• Action word - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of speech - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Word of action - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Predicate part - used 12 times, most recently in 2012
• Hop, skip or jump - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Do or die - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Make or break - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Hit or miss - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Conjugation target - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of a sentence - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Sink or swim, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Trick or treat - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Give or take - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Trick or treat, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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 alternative - SWIM, used 16 times
• Swim meet assignment - LANE, used 16 times
• Sink one's teeth into - BITE, used 12 times
• Sink problem - DRIP, used 12 times
• Swim contest - MEET, used 11 times

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