The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word THUD , but the solution may also be THUMP which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in LA Times).
Dull sound crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| THUD | 73 % | 4 |
| THUMP | 8 % | 5 |
| PLOP | 6 % | 4 |
| CLUNK | 4 % | 5 |
| THRUM | 2 % | 5 |
| CLONK | 2 % | 5 |
| DRONE | 1 % | 5 |
| THUNK | 1 % | 5 |
| SCHWA | 1 % | 5 |
| SPLAT | 1 % | 5 |
Why may THUMP be the right solution?
The word "thump" is often used to describe a dull, heavy sound, making it a fitting answer to the clue "Dull sound."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Dull sound
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- monotone
- droning
- humdrum
- stuffy
- mundane
- monotony
- maelstrom
- tedious
- weakest link
- weak spot
- rollout
- weak
Crossword Answer definitions
THUD noun- The sound of a dull impact.
- Republic F-105 Thunderchief jet ground attack fighter.
- To make the sound of a dull impact.
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 THUD
- Fall sound
- Dull sound
- Plop
- Collapsing sound
- The sound a tree makes when it falls in a forest and no one is around
- Bad gag's impact
- Muffled crash sound
- Sound of a heavy landing
- Shot-put sound
- Nickname for the Vietnam War's F-105 fighter plane
More clues leading to the result THUMP
- Heavy knock
- Thrash severely
- Pound
- Loud blow
- Stethoscope sound
- Check, as a cantaloupe
- Check a melon, say
- Heavy blow
- Soundly defeat
- Big blow
More clues leading to the result PLOP
- Penny-in-the-wishing-well sound
- Alka-Seltzer-in-water sound
- Raindrop sound
- Kerplunk
- Splash
- Fizz preceder
- Coin-in-a-fountain sound
- Dropping sound
- Fizz lead-in
- Rainspout sound
More clues leading to the result CLUNK
- Dull impact
- Dull thump
- Hit hard
- Hard thump
- Dropped-pot sound
- Sound of a cork leaving a bottle.
- Sound made by drawing a cork.
- Dull sound
- Sound of a fall
- Blockhead
More clues leading to the result THRUM
- Loom waste
- Dull sound
- Tap idly with the fingers
- Pluck idly, as a guitar
- Monotonous sound
- Play monotonously, as a guitar
- Tap idly with one's fingers
- Finger-tapping sound
- Continuous humming sound
- Play idly, as a guitar
More clues leading to the result CLONK
- Dull thumping sound
- Dull sound
- Low, dull sound
- Dull, hollow sound
- Sound of metallic impact
- Dull impact sound
- Low, dull impact sound
- Heavy dull sound
- Sound of impact
More clues leading to the result DRONE
- Humming noise
- Run on
- Talk on and on
- Monotonous hum
- Speak in a monotone
- Apiary member
- Unmanned flight
- Unmanned military craft
- Queen bee's subject?
- Bagpipe noise
More clues leading to the result THUNK
- Heavy landing sound
- Ideated, to Li'l Abner
- Thought wrong?
- "Who'da ___ it?!"
- Ideated, nonstandardly
- Verb sung by the Scarecrow
- Heavy, muffled sound
- Dull sound
- Conceived in a nonstandard way
More clues leading to the result SCHWA
- Inverted "e"
- Unstressed vowel
- "A" as in "about"
- Upside down e
- Upside-down "e"
- It makes you say "Uh"
- "The" vowel
- Neutral vowel
- "Uh," phonetically
- Stress-free character?