The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word HAH , but the solution may also be OH SURE … which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
"A likely story!" crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
HAH | 38 % | 3 |
IBET | 38 % | 4 |
ASIF | 12 % | 4 |
OHSURE | 3 % | 6 |
ILLBET | 2 % | 6 |
IDONTBELIEVEYOU | 1 % | 15 |
HAH! | 1 % | 4 |
YEAHIBET | 1 % | 8 |
THATSRIDICULOUS | 1 % | 15 |
APPLESAUCE | 1 % | 10 |
SOYOUSAY | 1 % | 8 |
YEAHIMSURE | 1 % | 10 |
INAPIGSEYE | 1 % | 10 |
OH SURE … | 1 % | 11 |
TELLMEANOTHERONE | 1 % | 16 |
Why may HAH be the right solution?
The answer "HAH!" is the right solution because it is a sarcastic exclamation often used to express disbelief or skepticism towards someone's story or explanation.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: "A likely story!"
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- story line
- plausible
- storytelling
- unlikely
- likeliest
- narrative
- narratively
- storyline
- life story
- believable
- plausibility
- stories
Crossword Answer definitions
HAH interjection- A representation of laughter.
- An exclamation of triumph or discovery.
- An exclamation of grief.
- A sound of hesitation: er, um.
- Said when making a vigorous attack.
- (with falling pitch) used to express amusement or subtle surprise.
- Used to express doubt or confusion.
- (with rising pitch) Used to reinforce a question.
- (with falling pitch) Used either to belittle the issuer of a statement/question, or sarcastically to indicate utter agreement, and that the statement being responded to is an extreme understatement. The intonation is changed to distinguish between the two meanings - implied dullness for belittlement, and feigned surprise for utter agreement.
- (with rising pitch) Used to indicate that one did not hear what was said.
- (with falling pitch) Used to create a tag question.
- The fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result HAH
- "I sincerely doubt that!"
- "That's a laugh!"
- "As if!"
- "I bet!"
- "So there!"
- "That's what you think!"
- "Yeah, right!"
- Laughable exclamation
- "I win! Suck it!"
- "Like THAT'S going to happen"
More clues leading to the result IBET
- Poker words
- "Likely story!"
- "Oh, sure!"
- As if!
- Cynical rejoinder
- Yeah, right.
- "Yeah, right!"
- "Yeah, right"
- Doubter's comment
- Yeah, right!
More clues leading to the result ASIF
- "Clueless" catchphrase
- "__ I care!"
- "___ I care!"
- '90s cliche
- "Oh, sure!"
- "____ I care!"
- ___ I cared
- Bit of sarcasm from Cher in "Clueless"
- Expression for Cher in "Clueless"
- "In your dreams"
More clues leading to the result OHSURE
- "Definitely. Definitely"
- "I'll bet"
- "Yeah, right"
- "Well, why not?"
- "Yeah, right!"
- "No problem"
- Reply to "I promise I'll do it this time!"
- "And I'm Cleopatra"
- Words from the unconvinced
- "I bet!"
More clues leading to the result ILLBET
- "Like that's going to happen"
- "Not likely!"
- "Yeah, right!"
- "Yeah, right"
- "___ you a million dollars..."
- Skeptical comment
- "A likely story!"
- "Riiiight"
- "Yeah, sure"
- "Oh, sure!"
More clues leading to the result IDONTBELIEVEYOU
- Doubter's response
- Wife's comeback
- "Yeah, right!"
- "A likely story!"
- "You're pulling my leg!"
- "That can't be true"
- "You can't be serious!"
More clues leading to the result HAH!
- “Yeah, I bet!”
- “A likely story!”
- Taunting cry
- “As if!”
- Taunting laugh
- Triumphant laugh
- “Shows you!”
- “I knew it!”
- “Good joke!”
- “Caught you!”
More clues leading to the result YEAHIBET
More clues leading to the result THATSRIDICULOUS
More clues leading to the result APPLESAUCE
- Hokum
- Side dish with pork chops, often
- Red-fruit purée
- Ingredient for some cookies
- Nonsense, to fruit-lovers?
- Nonsense
- Rubbish
- Puréed fruit served with pork
- "A likely story!"
- TV dinner dessert
More clues leading to the result SOYOUSAY
More clues leading to the result YEAHIMSURE
More clues leading to the result INAPIGSEYE
- Nonsense
- "Yeah, right!"
- Response to "Will you be mine?"
- "Never!"
- "Yeah ... right!"
- "Negative!"
- "A likely story!"
- "Not bloody likely"
- No way!
- Nonsense!