Raddle #518Ship Idioms

From SCUTTLE to BUTT

Mon, July 27, 2026
SCUTTLE
  (7)

Clues, out of order

________ SCUTTLE is not dark
SCUTTLE________, soda fountain offering
🎶 SCUTTLE and a ________ 🎶
Append a letter to SCUTTLE to get a hot drink
Change one letter in SCUTTLE to get a part of the body
Change one letter in SCUTTLE to get a Pixar movie
Change one letter in SCUTTLE to get a space vehicle
Change one letter in SCUTTLE to get part of many a morning routine
Double a letter in SCUTTLE to get a Star Wars species
Drop a string of letters from inside SCUTTLE to get a simple shelter
SCUTTLE is the foundational ingredient in ________
You'll find a SCUTTLE________ in a badminton game

About this Raddle

As a piece of 19th-century naval slang “scuttlebutt” originally referred to a wooden cask or “butt” of drinking water that had a hole or “scuttle” cut into for a dipper. Today, it refers to the kind of rumor or gossips that crews would exchange around the cask.

Theme: Ship Idioms

So many everyday English expressions were born on the high seas. This week's Raddles feature phrases that were coinages of sailors, when they meant something literally applicable to ship life.