Is this your crossword clue?
"flood" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often overflow (8 letters).
Definitions
cover with liquid, usually water
Word origin
From Middle English flod, from Old English flōd, from Proto-West Germanic *flōdu, from Proto-Germanic *flōduz, from *plew- (“to flow”). Cognate with Scots flude, fluid, Saterland Frisian Floud, Dutch vloed, German Flut, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish flod, Icelandic flóð, and Gothic 𐍆𐌻𐍉𐌳𐌿𐍃 (flōdus).
Used in a sentence
“a covenant never to destroy the earth again by flood”
“a flood of complaints”
“There is a tide in the affairs of men, / Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Overflow of water”5 letters
Not quite right?
"Search similar patterns."
F____