Run aground
Crossword Clue & Answers

25 November 2021
Last seen in: Evening Standard Easy Crossword

We found 31 answers for the crossword clue 'Run aground', the most recent of which was seen in the Evening Standard Easy Crossword.

This clue looks to be a standard clue as in it's a NON-CRYPTIC crossword based on the publications in which we have recently seen it.

We have given Run aground a popularity rating of 'Very Common' because it has featured in a numerous crossword publications and has multiple answers.

Run aground is a 2 word phrase featuring 11 letters.

We most recently saw this clue in 'Evening Standard Easy Crossword' on Wednesday, 03 November 2021 with the answer being STRAND, we also found STRAND to be the most popular answer for this clue.

We've seen this clue in the following publications:

• Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 3 Nov 2021
• Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 23 Mar 2021
• Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 4 Nov 2020
• The Daily Mail Quick - 24 Oct 2019
• The Daily Mail Quick - 26 Apr 2019

Definitions and usage

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• Hit or reach the ground
• Bring to the ground; "the storm grounded the ship"

Crossword Answers

4 Letters

FAIL
Stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"

RUIN
Destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined

SINK
A covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it

5 Letters

AFOUL
Especially of a ship's lines etc; "with its sails afoul"; "a foul anchor"

BEACH
Land on a beach; "the ship beached near the port"

DROWN
Kill by submerging in water; "He drowned the kittens"

SHOAL
A large group of fish; "a school of small glittering fish swam by"

WRECK
A ship that has been destroyed at sea

6 Letters

GROUND
The first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface

PILEUP
Get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"

STRAND
Line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable

7 Letters

FOUNDER
A worker who makes metal castings

STRANDS

8 Letters

BEFELLED

CASTAWAY
A shipwrecked person

MAROONED
Cut off or left behind; "an isolated pawn"; "several stranded fish in a tide pool"; "travelers marooned by the blizzard"

STRANDED
Cut off or left behind; "an isolated pawn"; "several stranded fish in a tide pool"; "travelers marooned by the blizzard"

9 Letters

SHIPWRECK
A wrecked ship (or a part of one)

10 Letters

BEPOLEAXED

BESTRICKEN

RUNAGROUND
Hit or reach the ground

11 Letters

BECLOBBERED

BESTAGGERED

COMETOGRIEF

HAVEAMISHAP

12 Letters

COMEACROPPER

13 Letters

TAKETHEGROUND

14 Letters

BEUNSUCCESSFUL

FAILCOMPLETELY

15 Letters

SHALLOWBUSINESS

17 Letters

SUFFERAMISFORTUNE