Answer to "One of the five W's" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word WHO , but the solution may also be WHEN which is one of the most recent solution (2022 in New York Times).

One of the five W's crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
WHO	46 %	3
WHERE	22 %	5
WHAT	13 %	4
WHEN	11 %	4
WHY	9 %	3

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: One of the five W's

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• who
• what
• when
• where
• why
• die
• wherefore
• because
• existent
• future
• hint
• about

Crossword Answer definitions

WHO noun

1. A person under discussion; a question of which person.

WHO pronoun

1. (interrogative) What person or people; which person or people; asks for the identity of someone. (used in a direct or indirect question)
2. (interrogative) What is one's position; asks whether someone deserves to say or do something.
3. (relative) The person or people that.
4. (relative) Whoever, he who, they who.

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 WHO

• Which person?
• Jerome Kern query
• Which of you
• "__ Framed Roger Rabbit"
• Sci-fi Doctor
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• First baseman in a classic comedy sketch
• Sci-fi show with companions, casually
• "Never heard of him ..."
• Reporter's question

More clues leading to the result WHERE

• "____ or When" (Dion hit)
• Reporter's question
• "__ or When" (Dion hit)
• Reporter's query
• Interrogative
• With 43 Down, site of great activity
• In the place
• "This is ___ I came in"
• "___ Did Our Love Go" (Supremes hit)
• At what place?

More clues leading to the result WHAT

• "Come again?"
• Inattentive one's response
• Query word
• "Hunh?"
• "You did ___?"
• With 2-Down, "Hilarious!"
• Interrogative
• __ Price Glory?
• Start of a quiz?
• "Do tell"

More clues leading to the result WHEN

• "Say ___!"
• Question of the day?
• Interrogative
• "That's enough"?
• Party-invite datum
• Timely question?
• At the same time as
• See 33-Across
• Timely question
• "Enough!" to a bartender

More clues leading to the result WHY

• Reason-seeking question
• "Who's on First?" left-fielder
• Questioning answer
• Toddler's incessant question
• Tot's question
• "___ me?"
• Existential question
• The reason
• Interrogative
• "How come?"