The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word NONCE , but the solution may also be CODE which is one of the most recent solution (2001 in New York Times).
Kind of word crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NONCE | 50 % | 5 |
| CODE | 25 % | 4 |
| SWEAR | 25 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Kind of word
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- code
- swear
- nonce
- verb
- tac
- acrostic
- charade
- noun
- postmodernism
- salve
- smoke
- thru
Crossword Answer definitions
NONCE noun- The one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose (now only in for the nonce).
- A nonce word.
- A value constructed so as to be unique to a particular message in a stream, in order to prevent replay attacks.
- One-off; produced or created for a single occasion or use. Denoting something occurring once.
- (prisons) A sex offender, especially one who is guilty of sexual offences against children.
- (prisons) A police informer, one who betrays a criminal enterprise
- A stupid or worthless person.
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 NONCE
- Immediate purpose
- Time being
- Present purpose
- Present occasion
- Specific occasion
- Present time, poetically
- Present
- Present time
- Present moment, poetically
- For the ___ (temporarily)
More clues leading to the result CODE
- Cryptogram
- Zip ___
- Omert... or bushido
- Word with 16A
- Word with bar or dress
- Omerta or bushido
- ___ of silence (what a snitch breaks)
- "The Da Vinci ___"
- Programmer's output
- Web developer's output