The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word ROT , but the solution may also be NONSENSE which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Balderdash crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ROT | 41 % | 3 |
| PSHAW | 12 % | 5 |
| TRIPE | 9 % | 5 |
| NONSENSE | 7 % | 8 |
| HOKUM | 5 % | 5 |
| HOOEY | 4 % | 5 |
| POPPYCOCK | 2 % | 9 |
| TOSH | 2 % | 4 |
| MYEYE | 2 % | 5 |
| RATS | 2 % | 4 |
| PAH | 2 % | 3 |
| BOSH | 2 % | 4 |
| PAP | 2 % | 3 |
| JIVE | 1 % | 4 |
| TOMMYROT | 1 % | 8 |
| BILGE | 1 % | 5 |
| RUBBISH | 1 % | 7 |
| EYEWASH | 1 % | 7 |
| HOGWASH | 1 % | 7 |
| UTTERROT | 1 % | 8 |
| HOTAIR | 1 % | 6 |
| CRAZYTALK | 1 % | 9 |
| HORSEFEATHERS | 1 % | 13 |
| HOKE | 1 % | 4 |
| MALARKEY | 1 % | 8 |
| HORSEHOCKEY | 1 % | 11 |
| FLUMMERY | 1 % | 8 |
| BAH | 1 % | 3 |
| PSHAW! | 1 % | 6 |
| BUNK | 1 % | 4 |
| PIFFLE | 1 % | 6 |
| CLAPTRAP | 1 % | 8 |
| HORSEMANURE | 1 % | 11 |
Why may PSHAW be the right solution?
The answer "PSHAW!" is the right solution because it is an exclamation used to express disbelief or dismissal, which is synonymous with "Balderdash!"
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Balderdash
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- fiddle-faddle
- piffle
- codswallop
- hogwash
- poppycock
- nonsense
- rubbish
- rot
- tripe
- tosh
- fiddlesticks
- bunkum
Crossword Answer definitions
ROT noun- The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.
- Decaying matter.
- Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs.
- Verbal nonsense.
- To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.
- To decline in function or utility.
- To (cause to) deteriorate in any way, as in morals; to corrupt.
- To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes.
- To spend a long period of time (in an unpleasant place).
- To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.
- To talk nonsense.
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 ROT
More clues leading to the result PSHAW
- Expression of disbelief
- Contemptuous remark
- Scornful remark
- "Bah!"
- "Baloney!"
- Bosh!
- Shucks
- "Suuuuure"
- "Balderdash!"
- "Fiddlesticks!"
More clues leading to the result TRIPE
- Of no value
- Nonsensical talk or writing
- Stuff and nonsense
- Rubbish
- Crapola
- Third-rate writing
- Balderdash
- Hogwash
- A load of rubbish
- Worthless talk
More clues leading to the result NONSENSE
- Balderdash
- Tomfoolery
- "Pshaw!"
- Meaningless talk
- Malarkey
- Hogwash
- "Balderdash!"
- Jabberwocky
- Applesauce!
- "Hogwash!"
More clues leading to the result HOKUM
More clues leading to the result HOOEY
More clues leading to the result POPPYCOCK
More clues leading to the result TOSH
- Peter of reggae
- Rugby rubbish
- "___.0"
- Reggae biggie Peter
- Peter of the Wailers
- Daniel of Comedy Central
- Reggae singer Peter
- Reggae star Peter
- Reggae great Peter
- Comedian Daniel
More clues leading to the result MYEYE
- "Like that's gonna happen!"
- "Not a chance!"
- "Balderdash!"
- "Baloney!"
- "What a load of bunk!"
- Skeptical response from the Cyclops?
- "I don't believe that!"
- "I don't believe you!"
- "No way!"
- Expression of mild disagreement
More clues leading to the result RATS
- "Doggone!"
- Charlie Brown expletive
- Pied Piper's followers
- They leave the sinking ship
- "Darn!"
- Charlie Brown's expletive
- Informers
- Researcher's supply, perhaps
- "Oh, drat!"
- Charlie Brown's expression
More clues leading to the result PAH
- Tuba note?
- Oom-___
- Remark of contempt
- Syllable of disdain
- Oom follower
- Contemptuous exclamation
- Sound of irritation
- "Phooey!"
- "What rubbish!"
- Sound from 35-Down
More clues leading to the result BOSH
- "Baloney!"
- "Nonsense!"
- Poppycock
- "Hogwash!"
- Rubbish
- Wade's teammate
- Meaningless talk
- "Poppycock!"
- Reply to an amazing announcement
- "Fiddlesticks!"
More clues leading to the result PAP
- Lacking real value or substance
- Soft food
- Baby food
- Drivel
- Food eaten with a spoon
- Infant's food
- Food for infants
- Twaddle
- Mushy food
- Nonsense
More clues leading to the result JIVE
- Tease, slangily
- Glib speech
- Jazz lingo
- Hipster's lingo
- Music form
- "Dancing With the Stars" dance
- Dog's tongue?
- Jazz jargon
- Jazzy jargon
- Hipster-ese
More clues leading to the result TOMMYROT
More clues leading to the result BILGE
- Hull part
- Hogwash!
- Bullshit
- Utter nonsense
- Drivel
- Stuff in leaky ships
- Part of a hull
- Poppycock
- Hogwash
- Mariner's malarkey
More clues leading to the result RUBBISH
More clues leading to the result EYEWASH
- A bunch of hooey
- Bunkum
- Optical irrigator
- Optical solution
- Baloney
- Irritation solution
- Ocular solution
- Stuff and nonsense
- Flattery intended to deceive: Slang.
- Nonsense: Slang.
More clues leading to the result HOGWASH
- "Fiddlesticks!"
- Baloney
- Nonsense
- As for hard work, he said "___!"
- Flummery
- Bunk
- Animal's laundry?
- Rubbish
- "Baloney!"
- Worthless speech: Colloq.
More clues leading to the result UTTERROT
More clues leading to the result HOTAIR
- Balloon filler
- Pretentious talk
- Bluff and bluster
- Contents of some balloons and some trial balloons
- Filler for some balloons
- Nonsense that could fill a balloon?
- Balloon variety
- Bluster
- Empty words
- Type of balloon
More clues leading to the result CRAZYTALK
More clues leading to the result HORSEFEATHERS
- Bosh?
- Nonsense
- Meaningless talk
- 1932 film starring Groucho Marx as a professor
- Film starring 17 Across
- Rubbish
- "Nonsense!"
- *"Balderdash!"
- Baloney
- Marx Brothers film
More clues leading to the result HOKE
- Meaningless talk, for short
- Miss Daisy's driver
- He drove Miss Daisy
- ___ up (falsify)
- Improve superficially, with "up"
- Bunkum
- Distort, as with false data, with "up"
- Manipulate, as statistics, with "up"
- Phony (up)
- Baloney
More clues leading to the result MALARKEY
More clues leading to the result HORSEHOCKEY
More clues leading to the result FLUMMERY
More clues leading to the result BAH
- Cry to Cratchit
- Dickensian epithet
- Pooh-__
- Scrooge's retort
- ___ Humbug
- Scrooge's favorite reply
- Ebenezer's epithet
- Grouch's word
- Scrooge's oath
- "Phooey!"
More clues leading to the result PSHAW!
More clues leading to the result BUNK
- Hogwash!
- Bed shelf
- "Baloney!"
- It can keep you up at night?
- Hogwash
- Shipboard bed
- Where a cowboy crashes
- Hooey
- Sailor's bed
- Sailor's sleeping spot
More clues leading to the result PIFFLE
- Nonsense
- Hogwash
- Trivial talk
- Rot
- Senseless talk
- Stuff and nonsense.
- Stuff and nonsense!: Slang.
- Trifling talk: Colloq.
- Nonsense!
- Trivial nonsense