The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word ROT , but the solution may also be BUSHWA which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in LA Times).
Malarkey crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ROT | 36 % | 3 |
| HOKUM | 9 % | 5 |
| BUNK | 7 % | 4 |
| GUFF | 7 % | 4 |
| HOTAIR | 4 % | 6 |
| JIVE | 4 % | 4 |
| BILGE | 4 % | 5 |
| APPLESAUCE | 4 % | 10 |
| BOSH | 2 % | 4 |
| BANANAOIL | 2 % | 9 |
| RUBBISH | 2 % | 7 |
| NOTTRUE | 2 % | 7 |
| HOOEY | 2 % | 5 |
| BULL | 2 % | 4 |
| NONSENSE | 2 % | 8 |
| TRIPE | 2 % | 5 |
| BALDERDASH | 2 % | 10 |
| HORSEFEATHERS | 2 % | 13 |
| BUSHWA | 2 % | 6 |
Why may BUSHWA be the right solution?
"BUSHWA" is the right solution for the clue "Malarkey" because it is a slang term that means nonsense or foolish talk. It is a concise and fitting answer that accurately represents the meaning of the clue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Malarkey
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- guff
- crap
- bullshit
- hogwash
- nonsense
- baloney
- poppycock
- hooey
- balderdash
- crapola
- twaddle
- blather
Crossword Answer definitions
ROT noun- The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.
- Decaying matter.
- Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs.
- Verbal nonsense.
- To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.
- To decline in function or utility.
- To (cause to) deteriorate in any way, as in morals; to corrupt.
- To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes.
- To spend a long period of time (in an unpleasant place).
- To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.
- To talk nonsense.
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 ROT
More clues leading to the result HOKUM
More clues leading to the result BUNK
- Hogwash!
- Bed shelf
- "Baloney!"
- It can keep you up at night?
- Hogwash
- Shipboard bed
- Where a cowboy crashes
- Hooey
- Sailor's bed
- Sailor's sleeping spot
More clues leading to the result GUFF
More clues leading to the result HOTAIR
- Balloon filler
- Pretentious talk
- Bluff and bluster
- Contents of some balloons and some trial balloons
- Filler for some balloons
- Nonsense that could fill a balloon?
- Balloon variety
- Bluster
- Empty words
- Type of balloon
More clues leading to the result JIVE
- Tease, slangily
- Glib speech
- Jazz lingo
- Hipster's lingo
- Music form
- "Dancing With the Stars" dance
- Dog's tongue?
- Jazz jargon
- Jazzy jargon
- Hipster-ese
More clues leading to the result BILGE
- Hull part
- Hogwash!
- Bullshit
- Utter nonsense
- Drivel
- Stuff in leaky ships
- Part of a hull
- Poppycock
- Hogwash
- Mariner's malarkey
More clues leading to the result APPLESAUCE
- Hokum
- Side dish with pork chops, often
- Red-fruit purée
- Ingredient for some cookies
- Nonsense, to fruit-lovers?
- Nonsense
- Rubbish
- Puréed fruit served with pork
- "A likely story!"
- TV dinner dessert
More clues leading to the result BOSH
- "Baloney!"
- "Nonsense!"
- Poppycock
- "Hogwash!"
- Rubbish
- Wade's teammate
- Meaningless talk
- "Poppycock!"
- Reply to an amazing announcement
- "Fiddlesticks!"
More clues leading to the result BANANAOIL
- Horsefeathers
- Hogwash
- Disbelieving phrase of the Twenties.
- Malarkey.
- Lacquer.
- Insincere flattery, in slang
More clues leading to the result RUBBISH
More clues leading to the result NOTTRUE
- "Think again!!"
- "Unh-uh!"
- "Hardly!"
- "You're mistaken"
- "Lies!"
- Denier's shout
- Malarkey
- "You're lying!"
- "Au contraire!"
- "Nuh-uh!"
More clues leading to the result HOOEY
More clues leading to the result BULL
- China shop destroyer
- China shop visitor
- "Hooey!"
- Certain optimist
- "I don't believe you!"
- "I don't buy that for a second"
- "Pfft. Yeah, right"
- Utter nonsense
- "Nonsense!"
- Unpopular animal in a china shop?
More clues leading to the result NONSENSE
- Balderdash
- Tomfoolery
- "Pshaw!"
- Meaningless talk
- Malarkey
- Hogwash
- "Balderdash!"
- Jabberwocky
- Applesauce!
- "Hogwash!"
More clues leading to the result TRIPE
- Of no value
- Nonsensical talk or writing
- Stuff and nonsense
- Rubbish
- Crapola
- Third-rate writing
- Balderdash
- Hogwash
- A load of rubbish
- Worthless talk
More clues leading to the result BALDERDASH
- Meaningless talk
- Board game based on 23 across
- Race that's less hairy?
- Answer to the riddle
- Nonsense
- Rot
- "Hogwash!"
- "Horsefeathers!"
- Rubbish
- Hogwash
More clues leading to the result HORSEFEATHERS
- Bosh?
- Nonsense
- Meaningless talk
- 1932 film starring Groucho Marx as a professor
- Film starring 17 Across
- Rubbish
- "Nonsense!"
- *"Balderdash!"
- Baloney
- Marx Brothers film