The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word BOO which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2015.
Discouraging word crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BOO | 31 % | 3 |
| TSK | 19 % | 3 |
| BAH | 19 % | 3 |
| TUT | 19 % | 3 |
| NAY | 6 % | 3 |
| NONO | 6 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Discouraging word
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- nay
- boo
- tsk
- chill
- cold
- chills
- damper
- deterrent
- discouragement
- anaphrodisiac
- bleak
- dee
Crossword Answer definitions
BOO noun- A derisive shout made to indicate disapproval.
- To shout extended boos derisively.
- To shout extended boos at, as a form of derision.
- A loud exclamation intended to scare someone, especially a child. Usually used when one has been hidden from the victim and then suddenly appeared unexpectedly.
- Used ironically in a situation where one had the opportunity to scare someone by speaking suddenly.
- An exclamation used by a member or many members of an audience, as at a stage play or sports game, to indicate derision or disapproval of what has just occurred.
- A close acquaintance or significant other.
- Cannabis.
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 BOO
- Scare word
- Serenade the villain
- Bronx cheer
- Catcall
- Halloween word
- Doubled, the second part of a pint-sized beauty queen's name
- "Check your eyes, ump!"
- Sack
- Unambiguous response to 51-Across's performance
- Goblin's greeting
More clues leading to the result TSK
- "Shame!"
- "That's a pity"
- Sound of disapproval
- "Naughty, naughty!"ยท
- "Shame on you!"
- Expression of disapproval
- "Naughty, naughty!"
- Disdainful interjection
- Condescending cluck
- "For shame!"
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 TUT
- Egyptian boy-king
- Mild rebuke
- Egyptian boy king
- Palindromic pharaoh
- Boy king
- Steve Martin's "King __"
- Bo(dice attachment with la)y(ers that's a hallmar)k (of ballet danc)ing
- Legendary mummy
- Subject of a Steve Martin song
- Name in 1922 news
More clues leading to the result NAY
- Refusal
- Word of refusal
- Aye's opposite
- Congressional vote
- Denial vote
- Aye canceler
- Motion rejection
- Parliamentary vote
- Opposing vote
- One way to vote