The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word EDIT , but the solution may also be EDI which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in New York Times).
Mince words? crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EDIT | 75 % | 4 |
| PARSE | 19 % | 5 |
| EDI | 6 % | 3 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Mince words?
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- hold one's tongue
- keep one's mouth shut
- keep mum
- tiptoe around
- mind one's language
- bite one's lip
- self-edit
- bite one's tongue
- guard one's tongue
- shut one's mouth
- watch one's mouth
- pull punches
Crossword Answer definitions
EDIT noun- A change to the text of a document.
- A change in the text of a file, a website or the code of software.
- An interruption or change to an improvised scene.
- An alteration to the DNA sequence of a chromosome; an act of gene splicing.
- To change a text, or a document.
- To be the editor of a publication.
- To change the contents of a file, website, etc.
- To alter the DNA sequence of a chromosome; to perform gene splicing.
- To alter a film by cutting and splicing frames.
- To cut short or otherwise alter an improvised scene.
- To lend itself to editing in a certain way.
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 EDIT
- Blue-pencil
- Emulate Maxwell Perkins
- More than proofread
- Prepare for publication
- Redact
- Revamp a text
- Revise
- Rework, as a story
- Trim the copy
- Update
More clues leading to the result PARSE
- Analyze grammatically
- Analyze syntactically
- Break down, in a way
- Diagram
- Diagram, as a sentence
- Take apart, as a sentence
- Unpack, as a sentence
- Do grammar homework
- Do a grammar chore
- Examine grammar