The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word TIS which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2015.
Old-fashioned contraction crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TIS | 44 % | 3 |
| SHANT | 25 % | 5 |
| MAYNT | 13 % | 5 |
| TAINT | 6 % | 5 |
| TISNT | 6 % | 5 |
| TWERENT | 6 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Old-fashioned contraction
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- taint
- halt
- dating
- rack
- quaint
- dowdy
- fogy
- square
- retro
- stodgy
- fusty
- dated
Crossword Answer definitions
TIS noun- A syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale.
- The good luck plant, Cordyline fruticosa, an evergreen shrub.
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 TIS
- "__ the season ..."
- "___ the season..."
- Coleridge's contraction
- Poet's contraction
- "___ in my memory lock'd": Ophelia
- Frank McCourt title
- "___ the season to be ..."
- Frank McCourt memoir
- Poetic contraction
- "Aye"
More clues leading to the result SHANT
- Refuse to
- Commandment contraction?
- Decline to, quaintly
- Old-fashioned contraction
- Snooty contraction
- Quaint contraction
- Defiant reply to "Shall"
- Refuse to, quaintly
- Definitely will not
- Contraction used by Kipling
More clues leading to the result MAYNT
- Is forbidden to
- [I]Is forbidden to
- Is forbidden to, quaintly
- Quaint contraction
- Is forbidden to, old-style
- Is not allowed to, for short
- Old-fashioned contraction
More clues leading to the result TAINT
More clues leading to the result TISNT
- Naysayer's contraction
- "On the contrary"
- Old-fashioned contraction
- Quaint denial
- Old-fashioned denial
- Contracted denial
- Quaint "Not so"
- Quaint retort
- Snooty retort
- Relative of 't aint.