Answer to "Hacking tool" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word AXE which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2020.

Hacking tool crossword clue answers

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

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
AXE	43 %	3
BOLO	43 %	4
VIRUS	14 %	5

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Hacking tool

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

• hacker
• hackery
• computer program
• hack writer
• subverter
• hackmatack
• computer software
• malware
• computer virus
• rootkit
• hacktivism
• hacksaw

Crossword Answer definitions

AXE noun

1. A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it.
2. An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.
3. A dismissal or rejection.
4. A gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz.
5. A position, interest, or reason in buying and selling stock, often with ulterior motives.

AXE verb

1. To fell or chop with an axe.
2. To lay off, terminate or drastically reduce, especially in a rough or ruthless manner; to cancel.

AXE noun

1. The axle of a wheel.

AXE verb

1. To furnish with an axle.

AXE verb

1. To request (information, or an answer to a question).
2. To put forward (a question) to be answered.
3. To interrogate or enquire of (a person).
4. To request or petition; usually with for.
5. To request permission to do something.
6. To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity.
7. To invite.
8. To publish in church for marriage; said of both the banns and the persons.
9. To take (a person's situation) as an example.

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 AXE

• Boot out
• Bunyan's tool
• Cut
• Fire
• Fireman's tool
• Give the boot
• Paul Bunyan's tool
• Show the door to
• Chop
• Cleaver

More clues leading to the result BOLO

• Large machete
• String necktie
• String tie
• Machete
• Philippine machete
• Single-edged machete
• Southwestern necktie
• Texan's tie
• One kind of tie
• Square dance neckwear

More clues leading to the result VIRUS

• Computer attacker
• Computer invader
• Common cold cause
• Sketchy download "attachment"
• Malware delivery
• Cold cause
• Big computer "bug"
• Organism in many Robin Cook books
• Chickenpox cause
• MyDoom, for one