The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SPAT which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2019.
Cross words crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SPAT | 44 % | 4 |
| BAHS | 22 % | 4 |
| TIRADE | 8 % | 6 |
| INRI | 3 % | 4 |
| DEBATE | 3 % | 6 |
| HATEMAIL | 3 % | 8 |
| QUARREL | 3 % | 7 |
| IHATEYOU | 3 % | 8 |
| BAREXAMINETALKDRESSER | 3 % | 21 |
| WAITFORTHELIGHT | 3 % | 15 |
| FIES | 3 % | 4 |
| TIRADES | 3 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Cross words
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- argument
- quarrel
- dispute
- disagreement
- disputing
- argumentative
- controversy
- polemic
- debate
- polemics
- controversial
- contest
Crossword Answer definitions
SPAT verb- To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
- To emit or expel in a manner similar to evacuating saliva from the mouth; specifically, to rain or snow slightly.
- To utter (something) violently.
- (hip-hop) To rap, to utter.
- To make a spitting sound, like an angry cat.
- The spawn of shellfish, especially oysters and similar molluscs.
- A juvenile shellfish which has attached to a hard surface.
- To spawn. Used of shellfish as above.
- (often in the plural) A covering or decorative covering worn over a shoe.
- A piece of bodywork that covers the upper portions of the rear tyres of a car.
- A brief argument, falling out, quarrel.
- To quarrel or argue briefly.
- A light blow with something flat.
- To strike with a spattering sound.
- To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together, as the hands.
- An obsolete unit of distance in astronomy (symbol S), equal to one billion kilometres.
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 SPAT
- Brief quarrel
- Falling-out
- Lovers' tiff
- Tiff
- Petty clash
- Run-in
- Didn't swallow
- Petty disagreement
- Row
- Bit of drama among lovers
More clues leading to the result BAHS
- Scroogian expletives
- Crowd noises
- Exclamations of disgust
- Words from Scrooge
- Utterances of dismissal
- Dickensian cries
- Cross words
- Scroogean sounds
- Ebenezer's exclamations
- Scoffs of contempt
More clues leading to the result TIRADE
- Spleen-venting
- Stormy speech
- Philippic
- Bad scene
- Violent speech
- Widely ignored Facebook post, often
- Diatribe
- Tongue-lashing
- Ranting speech
- Harangue
More clues leading to the result INRI
- Cross letters
- Crucifix inscription
- Abbreviated cross words
- Words on a cross
- Crucifix letters
- Cross inscription
- Calvary letters
- Calvary inscription
- Cross characters
- Cross sign
More clues leading to the result DEBATE
- "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy" setting
- Argue over
- Campaign event
- Lincoln-Douglas event
- Engage in forensics
- Formal argument
- House of Commons discussion
- Historic Kennedy-Nixon event
- It has its pros and cons
- Discussion of both sides
More clues leading to the result HATEMAIL
- Angry letter in response to perceived crudity or politics in a crossword puzzle, say
- It may begin: "Dear Fuckface"
- Venomous letters
- Some anonymous letters
- Nasty letters
- Poison pen letters
- Form of intimidation
- Often-anonymous intimidation technique
- Nastygrams
- Cross words?
More clues leading to the result QUARREL
More clues leading to the result IHATEYOU
- Malevolent mouthing
- Cry from a newly grounded teen
- Angry overstatement, usually
- "Don't ever speak to me again!"
- Unpleasant sentiment
- Angry words
- Mad words
- Mock response to a friend who pulls a practical joke
- Cross words
- Cutting comment from an angry teen
More clues leading to the result BAREXAMINETALKDRESSER
More clues leading to the result WAITFORTHELIGHT
More clues leading to the result FIES
- Exclamations of disgust
- Cries of disgust
- Disapproving cries
- Old words of disapproval
- Old exclamations.
- Exclamations.
- Old-fashioned exclamations.
- Reproachful interjections.
- Cries from Hamlet
- Hamlet's cries of disgust