The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word EGGCORN which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2018.
Phrase like "all intensive purposes" or "free reign," resulting from mishearing crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EGGCORN | 100 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Phrase like "all intensive purposes" or "free reign," resulting from mishearing
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Crossword Answer definitions
EGGCORN noun- An idiosyncratic but semantically motivated substitution of a word or phrase for a word or words that sound identical, or nearly so, at least in the dialect the speaker uses.
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