The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word ETTU , but the solution may also be AMENS which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Famous last words crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ETTU | 48 % | 4 |
| THEEND | 11 % | 6 |
| AMENS | 8 % | 5 |
| IDO | 4 % | 3 |
| ETAL | 3 % | 4 |
| ETTUBRUTE | 2 % | 9 |
| EPITAPH | 2 % | 7 |
| EPITAPHS | 2 % | 8 |
| ORELSE | 2 % | 6 |
| ANDJUSTICEFORALL | 1 % | 16 |
| MYBOSSWONTMIND | 1 % | 14 |
| YOUMAYKISSTHEBRIDE | 1 % | 18 |
| IQUIT | 1 % | 5 |
| FALALALALALALALALA | 1 % | 18 |
| ANDSOTOBED | 1 % | 10 |
| ITSNOTPLUGGEDIN | 1 % | 15 |
| FADEAWAY | 1 % | 8 |
| MYKINGDOMFORAHORSE | 1 % | 18 |
| ANDTOALLAGOODNIGHT | 1 % | 18 |
| IDAREYOU | 1 % | 8 |
| ELEGY | 1 % | 5 |
| IDIDNTKNOWITWASLOADED | 1 % | 21 |
| IKNOWASHORTCUT | 1 % | 14 |
| AUREVOIR | 1 % | 8 |
| HAPPILYEVERAFTER | 1 % | 16 |
Why may AMENS be the right solution?
The phrase "famous last words" is often used ironically, as if to suggest that someone's confident assertion will soon be disproven. In a religious context, the word "amen" is often used at the end of a prayer or statement of belief, making it a fitting answer to the clue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Famous last words
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- byword
- expletive
- deader
- cuss word
- sticky end
- stock phrase
- dead duck
- cliché
- corpse-to-be
- death stare
- retrotort
- choice word
Crossword Answer definitions
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 ETTU
- "You too?"
- "You too?" in Rome
- Accusation from Caesar
- Part of Caesar's reproach
- Rebuke from Caesar
- Some famous last words
- Words to Brutus
- "__ Brute"
- "___, Brute"
- "___, Brute?
More clues leading to the result THEEND
- Last words
- Words after a last line
- Curtains
- Famous last words
- Iris-out words
- Oft-written closing
- Words before closing credits
- 1978 black comedy starring and directed by Burt Reynolds
- Final words
- Famous last words?
More clues leading to the result AMENS
- Closing words?
- Congregation murmurs
- Prayer endings
- "You said it, pastor" words
- Sunday assents
- Converted cries
- Service breaks?
- Soulful agreements
- Words of agreement
- Graces' endings
More clues leading to the result IDO
- 1966 David Merrick musical, when doubled
- Altar vow
- Altar words
- Common vow
- Last single words
- Response to bailiff's query
- Vow words
- Words for 31D
- Altar declaration
- Altar promise
More clues leading to the result ETAL
- Abbreviation meaning "and others"
- And namesakes
- And others (Lat.)
- And others, in brief
- Footnote abbr.
- Inclusive abbr.
- List add-on
- List ender
- List ender, briefly
- List ending
More clues leading to the result ETTUBRUTE
- Famous almost-last words
- Famed Shakespearean last words
- Line after Casca's "Speak, hands...!"
- Words from Caesar
- Line after Casca's "Speak, hands, for me!"
- Caesar's last question
- Start of the line before "Liberty! Freedom! Tyranny is dead!"
- Caesarean section?
- Famous final question
- Caesar's plaint.
More clues leading to the result EPITAPH
- Stone saying
- Charles Bukowski's is "Don't Try"
- It's often written in stone
- Graveyard passage
- Mel Blanc's "That's all folks," e.g.
- Grave words
- Famous last words
- "There goes the neighborhood," for Rodney Dangerfield
- Words set in stone?
- Closing words?
More clues leading to the result EPITAPHS
- Headstone inscriptions
- Famous last words?
- Some famous last words?
- Text on tombstones
- Words set in stones
- Cemetery inscriptions
- Dorothy Parker's "Excuse my dust" and others
- Mel Blanc's "That's All Folks" et al.
- Words for posterity.
- They often start "Here"
More clues leading to the result ORELSE
- Alternately
- Threat ender
- End of a blackmail threat
- Choice words
- Threatening words
- The usual threat
- Threat words
- Threat's ending
- A threat
- Unspecified threat
More clues leading to the result ANDJUSTICEFORALL
More clues leading to the result MYBOSSWONTMIND
More clues leading to the result YOUMAYKISSTHEBRIDE
More clues leading to the result IQUIT
- Folder's statement
- Phrase of resignation
- "You can't fire me ..." follower
- "Uncle!"
- "That's it for me!"
- Parting words
- Resignation declaration
- Words of resignation
- "Take this job and..."
- Resigner's announcement
More clues leading to the result FALALALALALALALALA
More clues leading to the result ANDSOTOBED
- Noted closing from Samuel Pepys
- Words from Pepys
- Pepys' sign-off.
- Famous last words
- Pepys words
- Diarist's words
- Pepys's sign-off
- Noted diary words
- Line at the end of a day's diary
- Words before crashing?
More clues leading to the result ITSNOTPLUGGEDIN
More clues leading to the result FADEAWAY
- Dwindle
- Famous last words.
- Evanesce
- Backward-moving basketball shot
- Hard-to-block jumper, in hoops
- Fallback jump shot
- Type of basketball shot
- Dirk Nowitzki's signature move
- Basketball shot made while leaning backward
More clues leading to the result MYKINGDOMFORAHORSE
More clues leading to the result ANDTOALLAGOODNIGHT
More clues leading to the result IDAREYOU
- Instigator's phrase
- Inciting words
- Goading words from a challenger
- "Go ahead, make my day!"
- "Make my day!"
- Challenging words
- "Just try it!"
- It's unlikely to make a chicken move
- Bold challenge
- It's a challenge
More clues leading to the result ELEGY
- Song of lament
- Mournful ode
- Nostalgic work
- Lament in verse
- Not a very cheery poem
- Lyric lamentation
- Kaddish
- Sorrowful reading
- Whitman's "O Captain! My Captain!," e.g.
- Requiem
More clues leading to the result IDIDNTKNOWITWASLOADED
More clues leading to the result IKNOWASHORTCUT
More clues leading to the result AUREVOIR
- Nice farewell!
- Lyonnaise "Later"
- French farewell
- "So long," in St. Lô
- Parting line
- Parting words in Poitiers
- "Bye!"
- Parting words
- Cheerio relative
- Ta-ta, in Toulon