The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word PSST , but the solution may also be [AHEM] which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Attention-getting sound crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PSST | 55 % | 4 |
| AHEM | 21 % | 4 |
| PST | 7 % | 3 |
| SNAP | 4 % | 4 |
| HIST | 3 % | 4 |
| TOOT | 1 % | 4 |
| COUGH | 1 % | 5 |
| ALARM | 1 % | 5 |
| SST | 1 % | 3 |
| [AHEM] | 1 % | 6 |
| BEEP | 1 % | 4 |
| PSST! | 1 % | 5 |
| SSST | 1 % | 4 |
| TST | 1 % | 3 |
| YOHO | 1 % | 4 |
Why may PSST be the right solution?
The answer "PSST!" is the right solution because it is a commonly used attention-getting sound. It is often used to discreetly get someone's attention or to signal someone to be quiet.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Attention-getting sound
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- pst
- alarm
- snap
- toot
- beep
- cough
- psst
- listen
- loud
- holloa
- beeper
- holla
Crossword Answer definitions
PSST verb- To say psst, to get someone's attention or to communicate with them.
- Implies that the speaker is sending secret or whispered information to another person.
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 PSST
- "Hey, you!"
- Attention-getter
- "Hey you, c'mere!"
- "Hey, over here!"
- Attention getter
- Sibilant attention getter
- Subtle "Over here!"
- Verbal nudge
- Sibilant summons
- "Look here!"
More clues leading to the result AHEM
- "Beg pardon"
- "Excuse me?"
- "May I interrupt?"
- Attention-getter
- Excuse me!
- Attention-getting word
- "Excuse me!"
- Attention-getting sound
- Status vehicle
- Throat-clearing sound
More clues leading to the result PST
- LA hrs.
- LA setting
- TV Guide acronym
- Winter in LA
- OR time
- Within the law
- Hollywood hrs.
- Disneyland hrs.
- West Coast setting (abbr.)
- "Portlandia" setting: Abbr.
More clues leading to the result SNAP
- One of the Rice Krispies sounds
- A Rice Krispies sound
- Coat closer
- Kind of cookie
- Lose it
- Sodium hydroxide
- Cookie variety
- Crackle's colleague
- Fastener
- Jacket fastener
More clues leading to the result HIST
- School subj.
- Trick taking card game
- Liberal arts subj.
- H.S. course
- High school subj.
- Past sch. course?
- Study of past events (abbr.)
- Past events rec.
- H.S. subject
- Much of soc. studies
More clues leading to the result TOOT
- Flute note
- Binge
- Short blast
- Whistle sound
- Blow one's horn
- Whistle
- Tugboat sound
- Bender
- Old-timey horn sound
- Tear
More clues leading to the result COUGH
- "I call bullshit" sound
- Cold symptom
- Clear one's throat, perhaps
- Robitussin target
- ___ up (hand over)
- Kind of drop
- Smoker's ailment
- Give a subtle signal, perhaps
- Sound from a hacker?
- Drop target
More clues leading to the result ALARM
- Home-security device
- It's arousing
- Smoke or fire
- Trails smoke or fire
- Morning sound
- Smoke detector, e.g.
- You might set one on a cellphone
- You might set one on your phone
- Eye opener of a sort
- Frighten
More clues leading to the result SST
- JFK sight
- Atl. crosser
- Droop-nosed flier
- Fast flier
- It will fly again
- It'll get you overseas PDQ
- Reflying flier
- The Concorde, e.g.
- Concorde
- Delta-winged craft
More clues leading to the result [AHEM]
- [purposeful cough]
- [I’m right here, you know]
- [I’m about to speak]
- Attention-getting sound
- [Clears throat]
More clues leading to the result BEEP
- Answering machine signal
- Sound a horn
- Contact via pager
- Pager sound
- Wait for it
- "Move, idiot!"
- Road Runner's utterance
- "Hey!" on the road
- Sound in a jam
- Gridlock sound
More clues leading to the result PSST!
- Hushed summons
- “C’mere!”
- “Hey, c’mere!”
- Soft summons
- Sibilant summons
- Attention-getting sound
- “Hey, you! Over here!”
- “Over here!”
- Hissed “Over here!”
- Soft “C’mere!”
More clues leading to the result SSST
More clues leading to the result TST
- Attention getter
- Hissing sound.
- Hissed sound enjoining silence.
- Sound requesting silence.
- Silence!
- Listen!
- Hissed sound.
- Hush!
- Hushing sound.
- Keep quiet!