The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word GAVEL which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Auctioneer's mallet crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| GAVEL | 100 % | 5 |
Why may GAVEL be the right solution?
"GAVEL" is the right solution because a gavel is a small hammer used by an auctioneer or a judge to signal a sale or the opening or closing of a meeting.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Auctioneer's mallet
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- gavel
- hammer
- hammered
- hammering
- hammers
- gone
- block
- sold
- auctioneer
- aaa
- advertisers
- auction block
Crossword Answer definitions
GAVEL noun- Rent.
- Usury; interest on money.
- An old Saxon and Welsh form of tenure by which an estate passed, on the holder's death, to all the sons equally.
- To divide or distribute according to the gavel system.
- A wooden mallet, used by a courtroom judge, or by a committee chairman, struck against a sounding block to quieten those present, or by an auctioneer to accept the highest bid at auction.
- (metonymically) The legal system as a whole.
- A mason's setting maul.
- To use a gavel.
- A small heap of grain, not tied up into a bundle.
- A gable.
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