The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word FARCE , but the solution may also be RIDICULE which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Mockery crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FARCE | 58 % | 5 |
| DERISION | 14 % | 8 |
| SHAM | 9 % | 4 |
| TRAVESTY | 7 % | 8 |
| RIDICULE | 5 % | 8 |
| JEERS | 2 % | 5 |
| GIBES | 2 % | 5 |
| GIBING | 2 % | 6 |
Why may RIDICULE be the right solution?
The word "ridicule" fits the clue "mockery" because ridicule means making fun of someone or something in a mocking or scornful way.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Mockery
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- jeering
- jeer
- lampoon
- travesty
- pasquinade
- sendup
- parody
- spoof
- scoff
- scoffing
- burlesque
- charade
Crossword Answer definitions
FARCE noun- A style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to regularity or method.
- A motion picture or play featuring this style of humor.
- A situation abounding with ludicrous incidents.
- A ridiculous or empty show.
- Forcemeat, stuffing.
- To stuff with forcemeat.
- To fill full; to stuff.
- To make fat.
- To swell out; to render pompous.
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 FARCE
- Light dramatic work
- Spoof
- Mockery
- Tomfoolery
- Feydeau specialty
- "Tartuffe," for one
- It's absurd
- Ridiculous comedy
- Marx Brothers' specialty
- Screwball production
More clues leading to the result DERISION
More clues leading to the result SHAM
- Bogus
- Decorative cover
- Fake
- Pillow cover
- Pillow protector
- Sam the __ and the Pharaohs
- Bedding item
- Deceit
- Fraud
- Hoax
More clues leading to the result TRAVESTY
- Grotesque parody
- Grotesque imitation
- Grotesque burlesque
- Absurd distortion
- Sham
- Grotesque imitiation
- Mockery
- Burlesque.
- Mockery.
- Ludicrous imitation.
More clues leading to the result RIDICULE
More clues leading to the result JEERS
- Heckler's remarks
- Raspberries delivered to athletes, say
- Bleacher boos
- Catcalls
- Bleacherites' catcalls
- Shows contempt
- Hoots
- Gives a hoot?
- Mocking remarks
- Stadium taunts