Clues for the word "SCUTTLE"
We've had 37 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 56 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on July 08, 2026.
Definition of scuttle
- n. - A broad, shallow basket.
- n. - A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod.
- v. i. - To run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; to scuddle.
- n. - A quick pace; a short run.
- n. - A small opening in an outside wall or covering, furnished with a lid.
- n. - A small opening or hatchway in the deck of a ship, large enough to admit a man, and with a lid for covering it, also, a like hole in the side or bottom of a ship.
- n. - An opening in the roof of a house, with a lid.
- n. - The lid or door which covers or closes an opening in a roof, wall, or the like.
- v. t. - To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.
- v. t. - To sink by making holes through the bottom of; as, to scuttle a ship.
Referring Clues
- Sink
- Scamper
- Sink, as a derelict ship
- Abandon
- Abandon, as plans
- Proceed hurriedly
- Sink, as a boat
- Coal bucket
- Sink a ship
- Send to the bottom
- Send to the ocean bottom
- Coal carrier
- Sink by design
- Scurry - sink - coal container
- Move hurriedly
- Hod
- Rush around with cutlets
- Sink as container for domestic fuel
- Dash! There's coal in it!
- Destroy - dash - coal container
- It's normally kept by the fireplace or sink
- Move hurriedly to sink
- Make a hole in a coal vessel?
- Container for cooked cutlets
- Sink (one's own ship)
- Sink (one's ship) - coal holder
- Deliberately sink
- Rush basket
- Sink to the bottom of the barrel
- Coal holder
- Hurry to sink the ship
- Anagrammatic clues about a race run
- Send to bed!
- A vessel to sink?
- Sink on purpose
- Produce cutlets at a rapid pace
- Make a hole in a coal vessel?
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 08, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - June 28, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - May 09, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - June 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 18, 2025
- New York Times - February 15, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 01, 2025
- Daily American - November 28, 2024
- Your Life Choices - August 09, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - June 17, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - June 09, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 01, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 01, 2023
- Daily American - November 28, 2022
- Evening Standard Quick - October 20, 2022
- Your Life Choices - October 08, 2022
- New Zealand Herald - September 02, 2022
- Mindfood Daily - August 20, 2022
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 21, 2022
- Your Life Choices - January 29, 2018
- Guardian Cryptic - November 28, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 08, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 04, 2017
- Washington Post Sunday - March 05, 2017
- Evening Standard Quick - November 09, 2016
- Family Time - October 09, 2016
- Guardian Quick - July 13, 2016
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 22, 2016
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 25, 2015
- Guardian Quick - February 09, 2015
- And in 26 more crossword puzzles...