Answer to ""Don't say a word!"" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word HUSH , but the solution may also be SHH! which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).

"Don't say a word!" crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
HUSH	27 %	4
CLAMUP	18 %	6
ZIPYOURLIP	18 %	10
KEEPMUM	18 %	7
HOLDYOURTONGUE	9 %	14
SHH!	9 %	4

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: "Don't say a word!"

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• speak
• said
• talk
• tell
• express
• mean
• mum
• mym
• sau
• spoken
• expressing
• torah

Crossword Answer definitions

HUSH noun

1. A silence, especially after some noise
2. A mining method using water

HUSH verb

1. To become quiet.
2. To make quiet.
3. To appease; to allay; to soothe.
4. To clear off soil and other materials overlying the bedrock.

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 HUSH

• "Quiet!"
• See 1 Across
• With 120 Across, off-the-record
• Kind of puppy or money
• Button your lip
• Librarian's admonition
• Stillness
• Be still
• Mollify
• Kind of money

More clues leading to the result CLAMUP

• "... but they always quiet themselves when I tell them to ___"
• Suddenly be quiet
• Refuse to talk
• Not rat
• Cease talking
• Shut one's trap
• Keep mum
• Give nothing away
• Say nothing
• Button one's lip

More clues leading to the result ZIPYOURLIP

• "Hush!" to a clothier?
• *"Shut up!"
• "Not another word!"
• "Quiet!"
• "Shh!"
• "Don't say a word!"
• "Hush!"
• "Stop jabbering!"
• "Shush!"

More clues leading to the result KEEPMUM

• Button one's lips
• "Don't say a word!"
• Stay silent about a secret
• "Hush!"
• Not tell a soul

More clues leading to the result HOLDYOURTONGUE

• "Hush!"
• "Don't say a word!"
• "Not another word!"
• "Keep quiet!"
• "Be quiet, butcher!"
• "Shh!"
• Shout to a talkative butcher?
• "Shut up!"

More clues leading to the result SHH!

• “Pipe down!”
• Quiet “Quiet!”
• “This is a library!”
• “Don’t say a word!”
• “The baby is sleeping!”
• “Put a sock in it!”
• Sound for silence