The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word HIT which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Popular song crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HIT | 23 % | 3 |
| BALLAD | 23 % | 6 |
| UNTIL | 8 % | 5 |
| INTHEMOOD | 8 % | 9 |
| MOONRIVER | 8 % | 9 |
| EBBTIDE | 8 % | 7 |
| THREELITTLEWORDS | 8 % | 16 |
| AMORE | 8 % | 5 |
| ILLBEHOMEFORCHRISTMAS | 8 % | 21 |
Why may HIT be the right solution?
The answer "HIT" fits the clue "Popular song" because a hit song is a song that is widely popular and successful.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Popular song
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- pop music
- theme song
- signature tune
- sing along
- popularly
- musical phrase
- musical theme
- popular culture
- singalong
- popularity
- lyric poem
- musical
Crossword Answer definitions
HIT noun- A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
- Something very successful, such as a song, film, or video game, that receives widespread recognition and acclaim.
- An attack on a location, person or people.
- A collision of a projectile with the target.
- A match found by searching a computer system or search engine
- A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.
- An approximately correct answer in a test set.
- The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice.
- A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.
- A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.
- A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark.
- A move that throws one of the opponent's men back to the entering point.
- A game won after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.
- (heading, physical) To strike.
- To manage to touch (a target) in the right place.
- To switch on.
- To briefly visit.
- To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
- (heading) To attain, to achieve.
- To affect negatively.
- To attack.
- (heading, games) To make a play.
- To use; to connect to.
- To have sex with.
- To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.
- Very successful.
- It.
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 HIT
- Chart-topper
- Like "Titanic"
- Sensation
- Top ten record
- Box office smash
- Successful play
- Bat
- Box office smash, e.g.
- Double or triple
- Smash
More clues leading to the result BALLAD
- Story song
- Story in song
- ...and a typical creation of his
- Sentimental song
- Gordon Lightfoot song, e.g.
- Romantic song
- Love song
- "The ___ of the Green Berets" (1966 #1 song)
- Minstrel's song
- Crooner's tune
More clues leading to the result UNTIL
- Pending
- "Wait __ Dark"
- "___ The End of The World" (1991 movie)
- Upto
- "The beatings will continue ___ morale improves"
- "___ the End of Time" (Tupac album)
- As late as
- "Don't open ___ Christmas!"
- "Wait ___ your father gets home"
- As far as
More clues leading to the result INTHEMOOD
- Chart-topping Glenn Miller tune
- Big band hit popularized by Glenn Miller
- Up for it
- Popular song.
- A 40's hit
- Glenn Miller classic
More clues leading to the result MOONRIVER
- Song of the Year Grammy winner
- 1961 Henry Mancini song
- Mercer/Mancini standard
- This won Henry Mancini 1961's Best Song Oscar
- Song with the lyric "I'm crossing you in style"
- Oscar song of '61
- 1961 Oscar-winning song
- It's "wider than a mile"
- Popular song.
- Mancini-Mercer hit.
More clues leading to the result EBBTIDE
- Period of decline
- Low water precursor
- Hit song for the Righteous Brothers
- Broadway composer Fred's laundry detergent of choice?
- Best time for beachcombers
- Oceanic reflux
- 1960s hit with the line "And the sea is very still once more"
- *Drop in the ocean
- Drop in the ocean
- Good time for a beachcomber
More clues leading to the result THREELITTLEWORDS
More clues leading to the result AMORE
- Dean Martin song subject
- Love, Italian style
- Martin's "That's __"
- "That's ____"
- Dean Martin hit "That's ___"
- Love, at La Scala
- Love, in Italia
- Luigi's love
- Con __ (lovingly, in music)
- Love, to Luigi