The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SMART- which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2025.
Lead-in to phone or ass crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SMART- | 100 % | 6 |
Why may SMART be the right solution?
The answer "SMART-" is the right solution because it can be added before "phone" to form "smartphone" and before "ass" to form "smartass".
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Crossword Answer definitions
SMART- verb- To hurt or sting.
- To cause a smart or sting in.
- To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil.
- Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.
- Exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books.
- (often in combination) Equipped with intelligent behaviour (digital/computer technology).
- Good-looking; well dressed; fine; fashionable.
- Cleverly shrewd and humorous in a way that may be rude and disrespectful.
- Sudden and intense.
- Causing sharp pain; stinging.
- Sharp; keen; poignant.
- (Southern) Intense in feeling; painful. Used usually with the adverb intensifier right.
- Efficient; vigorous; brilliant.
- Pretentious; showy; spruce.
- Brisk; fresh.
- A sharp, quick, lively pain; a sting.
- Mental pain or suffering; grief; affliction.
- Smart-money.
- A dandy; one who is smart in dress; one who is brisk, vivacious, or clever.
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