The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word HOKE , but the solution may also be SNAKEOIL which is one of the most recent solution (2018 in New York Times).
Bunkum crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HOKE | 20 % | 4 |
| ROT | 20 % | 3 |
| MALARKY | 13 % | 7 |
| MALARKEY | 10 % | 8 |
| BALONEY | 7 % | 7 |
| SNAKEOIL | 7 % | 8 |
| TRIPE | 3 % | 5 |
| HOOEY | 3 % | 5 |
| BLAH | 3 % | 4 |
| MYTHS | 3 % | 5 |
| BLATHER | 3 % | 7 |
| EYEWASH | 3 % | 7 |
| CLAPTRAP | 3 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Bunkum
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- hogwash
- guff
- irish bull
- horseshit
- rot
- dogshit
- shit
- bullshit
- buncombe
- bunk
- bull
- crap
Crossword Answer definitions
HOKE noun- A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
- A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.
- Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.
- The curved needle used in the art of crochet.
- The part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
- A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, for example, g and j.
- A tie-in to a current event or trend that makes a news story or editorial relevant and timely.
- A snare; a trap.
- (in the plural) The projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bones.
- Removal or expulsion from a group or activity
- A field sown two years in succession.
- (authorship) A brief, punchy opening statement intended to get attention from an audience, reader, or viewer, and make them want to continue to listen to a speech, read a book, or watch a play.
- (authorship) A gimmick or element of a creative work intended to be attention-grabbing for the audience; a compelling idea for a story that will be sure to attract people's attention.
- A finesse.
- A jack (the playing card).
- A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end, such as Sandy Hook in New Jersey.
- A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.
- A ship's anchor.
- Part of a system's operation that can be intercepted to change or augment its behaviour.
- (Scrabble) An instance of playing a word perpendicular to a word already on the board, adding a letter to the start or the end of the word to form a new word.
- A diacritical mark shaped like the upper part of a question mark, as in ỏ.
- A háček.
- Senses relating to sports.
- Something contrived or artificial.
- To ascribe a false or artificial quality to; to pretend falsely to have some quality or to be doing something, etc.
- To scrounge, to grub.
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 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 ROT
More clues leading to the result MALARKY
More clues leading to the result MALARKEY
More clues leading to the result BALONEY
More clues leading to the result SNAKEOIL
- Bogus cure-all
- Quack remedy
- Traveling medicine show ware
- Bunkum
- Elixir from a quack
- Huckster's curative
- Charlatan's curative
- Faux elixir
- Puffery
- Dubious remedy
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 HOOEY
More clues leading to the result BLAH
- Lacking panache
- Mediocre
- Worthless nonsense
- Bor-r-ring
- Ho-hum
- "Yeah, whatever"
- Dull
- Uninspired
- Humdrum
- Boring
More clues leading to the result MYTHS
- Bunkum
- Joseph Campbell subjects
- Fables
- Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy
- Traditional stories
- Old wives tales
- Tales of the Titans
- Folklore
- They may be urban
- Urban legends, e.g.
More clues leading to the result BLATHER
- Nonsensical talk
- Bunkum
- Utter nonsense
- Gibberish
- Poppycock
- Nonsense
- Foolish talk.
- Foolish talk
- Babble
- Blowhard's talk
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.