The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TRICE , but the solution may also be SEC which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).
Instant crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TRICE | 46 % | 5 |
| SEC | 15 % | 3 |
| FLASH | 8 % | 5 |
| SPLITSECOND | 5 % | 11 |
| MOMENT | 5 % | 6 |
| WINK | 5 % | 4 |
| JIFFY | 4 % | 5 |
| JIFF | 3 % | 4 |
| TWINKLING | 2 % | 9 |
| IMMEDIATE | 2 % | 9 |
| NANOSECOND | 1 % | 10 |
| INAN | 1 % | 4 |
| POINT | 1 % | 5 |
| SNAP | 1 % | 4 |
| HBEAT | 1 % | 5 |
| TWOSHAKES | 1 % | 9 |
Why may TRICE be the right solution?
The word "instant" is a synonym for "trice," which means a very short period of time.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Instant
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- new york minute
- blink of an eye
- jiffy
- moment
- instantaneous
- present
- second
- fast
- imperative
- insistent
- exigent
- clamant
Crossword Answer definitions
TRICE verb- To pull, to pull out or away, to pull sharply.
- To drag or haul, especially with a rope; specifically to haul or hoist and tie up by means of a rope.
- Now only in the phrase in a trice: a very short time; an instant, a moment.
- A pulley, a windlass.
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 TRICE
- Split second
- Jiffy
- Instant
- Blink of an eye
- Sec
- Very short time
- Brief instant
- Brief period of time
- Brief moment of time
- Short amount of time
More clues leading to the result SEC
- "Hold on a ___!"
- "Just a __!"
- "Short" time
- Financial regulatory org.
- Investor-protecting gr.
- Jiff
- Jiffy
- Moment
- Not sweet, winewise
- NYSE reg.
More clues leading to the result FLASH
- Program interrupter
- Dwyane Wade's nickname
- Instant
- Lightning event
- Photographer's gadget
- Twinkling
- Camera light
- Burst of light
- ___ Gordon
- Breaking news
More clues leading to the result SPLITSECOND
- Rutger Hauer sci-fi thriller, 1992
- Ji / ffy?
- Instant
- Blink of an eye
- Flash
- Brief moment
- Very short space of time.
- Twinkling.
- Trice
- "2 ND"
More clues leading to the result MOMENT
- Eyeblink
- Short time
- Second
- Instant in time
- Jiffy
- Importance
- Instant
- Instant of truth?
- Brief interval
- Senior __
More clues leading to the result WINK
- One of forty, perhaps
- ;-)
- [I'm joking]
- Knowing gesture
- Game show host Martindale
- Signal, in a sly way
- Subtle signal
- Sly signal
- Fleeting moment
- Instant
More clues leading to the result JIFFY
- Quick sec
- Short span, slangily
- Blink of an eye
- Instant
- Twinkling
- In a __ (quickly)
- Instant: Colloq.
- Two shakes.
- Sec
- Flash
More clues leading to the result JIFF
- Quick moment
- Quick second
- Blink of an eye, for short
- Blink of an eye
- Sec
- Very short time
- Brief moment, briefly
- Flash
- Brief sec
- Short time
More clues leading to the result TWINKLING
More clues leading to the result IMMEDIATE
- Instantaneous
- Instant
- Very close
- First-hand.
- Closest
- Without delay
- Having no delay
- Pressing
- Most direct
- Done at once
More clues leading to the result NANOSECOND
- Cycle length for a gigahertz processor
- Small time
- Instant
- Not much time
- Time in which light travels one foot, approximately
- Minute minute part
More clues leading to the result INAN
- __ instant (at once)
- __ uproar
- ___ instant (quickly)
- ___ instant
- ___ uproar
- __ instant (immediately)
- "__ 18th Century Drawing Room"
- ___ uproar (loud)
- __ uproar (howling)
- __ instant
More clues leading to the result POINT
- "1 see your ___"
- A pencil's end
- Heart of the matter
- Show the way
- Gist
- Give the finger?
- __ Judity, R.I.
- Free-throw reward
- Tapered end
- Pencil need
More clues leading to the result SNAP
- One of the Rice Krispies sounds
- A Rice Krispies sound
- Coat closer
- Kind of cookie
- Lose it
- Sodium hydroxide
- Cookie variety
- Crackle's colleague
- Fastener
- Jacket fastener