The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word DEADEN which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Muffle crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DEADEN | 59 % | 6 |
| MUTE | 11 % | 4 |
| PAD | 7 % | 3 |
| GAG | 4 % | 3 |
| DAMP | 4 % | 4 |
| STIFLE | 4 % | 6 |
| SILENCE | 4 % | 7 |
| HUSH | 4 % | 4 |
| DROWN | 4 % | 5 |
Why may DEADEN be the right solution?
The word "muffle" means to deaden or soften a sound. "Deaden" is the right answer as it fits the definition of making something quieter or less distinct.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Muffle
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- deaden
- tone down
- dull
- mute
- stifle
- smother
- dampen
- damp
- repress
- suppress
- quell
- squelch
Crossword Answer definitions
DEADEN verb- To render less lively; to diminish; to muffle.
- To become less lively; to diminish (by itself).
- To make soundproof.
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 DEADEN
More clues leading to the result MUTE
- Remote possibility?
- Use the soft pedal
- Trumpeter's accessory
- Turn the volume off
- Make a silent movie?
- Mum
- Spot silencer
- Garrulous as a clam
- Speechless
- Prop for Satchmo
More clues leading to the result PAD
- Frog's seat
- Add words
- Cushion
- Launching area
- Note paper
- Used for a launch
- Bachelor's home
- Hippies' home
- Skateboarder's wear
- Steno's need
More clues leading to the result GAG
- "__ me with a spoon!"
- April Fools' Day doing
- Choke
- React to a stench, perhaps
- Joke
- React to a tongue depressor
- Prop in 51-Across
- S&M prop
- ---
- Have a tough time swallowing?
More clues leading to the result DAMP
- Cut off air to a fire
- Like April, often
- Like many a cellar
- Moist
- Slightly moist
- Like mildew's milieu
- Not quite dry
- Like some crawl spaces
- A bit wet
- Like gym socks, often
More clues leading to the result STIFLE
- Bunker command?
- Suppress
- Suppress, as a cough
- Sit on
- Put a lid on
- Horse's knee
- Suppress, as a yawn
- Archie Bunker command
- Squelch
- Archie's admonition to Edith
More clues leading to the result SILENCE
- Sign in the library
- Hamlet's last word
- Golden quality
- You can break it merely by mentioning it
- Muffle
- Golden quality?
- Hush
- Shout by the Wizard of Oz
- Sound of one hand clapping?
- "Shh!"
More clues leading to the result HUSH
- "Quiet!"
- See 1 Across
- With 120 Across, off-the-record
- Kind of puppy or money
- Button your lip
- Librarian's admonition
- Stillness
- Be still
- Mollify
- Kind of money