The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word HUMS , but the solution may also be CHIRPS which is one of the most recent solution (1985 in New York Times).
Insect sounds crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HUMS | 50 % | 4 |
| CHIRPS | 50 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Insect sounds
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- chirp
- chirrup
- creep
- crawl
- reptile
- crab
- scrawl
- crawling
- worm
- tangle
- tumble
- muss
Crossword Answer definitions
HUMS noun- A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed.
- An often indistinct sound resembling human humming.
- Busy activity, like the buzz of a beehive.
- Unpleasant odour.
- An imposition or hoax; humbug.
- A kind of strong drink.
- A phenomenon, or collection of phenomena, involving widespread reports of a persistent and invasive low-frequency humming, rumbling, or droning noise not audible to all people.
- To make a sound from the vocal chords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed.
- To express by humming.
- To drone like certain insects naturally do in motion, or sounding similarly
- To buzz, be busily active like a beehive
- To produce low sounds which blend continuously
- To reek, smell bad.
- To flatter by approving; to cajole; to deceive or impose upon; to humbug.
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 HUMS
- Is busy
- Bustles
- Runs smoothly
- Chugs on all cylinders
- Really cooks
- Forgets the words, maybe
- Indistinct sounds of mingled voices
- Purrs
- Drones
- Plays a kazoo, basically