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 |
| HAH! | 1 % | 4 |
| IDONTBELIEVEYOU | 1 % | 15 |
| YEAHIBET | 1 % | 8 |
| THATSRIDICULOUS | 1 % | 15 |
| SOYOUSAY | 1 % | 8 |
| APPLESAUCE | 1 % | 10 |
| YEAHIMSURE | 1 % | 10 |
| OH SURE … | 1 % | 11 |
| INAPIGSEYE | 1 % | 10 |
| 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 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 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 YEAHIBET
More clues leading to the result THATSRIDICULOUS
More clues leading to the result SOYOUSAY
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 YEAHIMSURE
More clues leading to the result OH SURE …
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!