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 |
| ELEGY | 1 % | 5 |
| IDIDNTKNOWITWASLOADED | 1 % | 21 |
| IKNOWASHORTCUT | 1 % | 14 |
| AUREVOIR | 1 % | 8 |
| HAPPILYEVERAFTER | 1 % | 16 |
| 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 |
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 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
More clues leading to the result HAPPILYEVERAFTER
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