The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word COLONS which also is the latest solution we found used in Crosswords Media in 2006.
Punctuation marks crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| COLONS | 42 % | 6 |
| STOPS | 21 % | 5 |
| COMMAS | 11 % | 6 |
| DASHES | 5 % | 6 |
| DOTS | 5 % | 4 |
| PERIODS | 5 % | 7 |
| ENDASHES | 5 % | 8 |
| HYPHENS | 5 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Punctuation marks
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- punctuation
- punctation
- punctuate
- punctuated
- quotation marks
- quotation mark
- punctulate
- apostrophes
- syntactical
- syntactics
- punctated
- typographical
Crossword Answer definitions
COLONS noun- The punctuation mark ":".
- The triangular colon (especially in context of not being able to type the actual triangular colon).
- A rhetorical figure consisting of a clause which is grammatically, but not logically, complete.
- A clause or group of clauses written as a line, or taken as a standard of measure in ancient manuscripts or texts.
- Part of the large intestine; the final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the anus.
- A husbandman.
- A European colonial settler, especially in a French colony.
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 COLONS
- Punctuation marks
- Waste lines?
- Costa Rican currency
- Sets of two dots
- Hour-minute dividers
- Punctuation marks used in analogies
- Some sentence dividers
- : : :
- Ratio indicators
- Eyes, in many emoticons
More clues leading to the result STOPS
- Organ parts
- Cuts out
- Organ settings
- Prepares to frisk, say
- Pulls over
- Puts an end to
- Eggspires
- Quits
- Train schedule towns
- Wards off
More clues leading to the result COMMAS
- Marks in a list
- Divisive symbols?
- Pause-indicating punctuation marks
- Causes for pauses
- Break identifiers
- Items in many lists
- Series dividers
- Pauses
- ,,,,,
- Characters in "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"
More clues leading to the result DASHES
- Sprints
- Spice sprinklings
- Hurries away
- Makes a run for it
- Longs in Morse code
- Some telegraphy signals
- Races
- Marathons they're not
- Bolts
- Causes for pauses
More clues leading to the result DOTS
- Internet-address separators
- Morse symbols
- The "i's" have it
- The i's have it
- They're sometimes connected
- Finishes some letters?
- Brand of gumdrops
- They may be connected
- Classic pencil-and-paper game
- Popular movie candy
More clues leading to the result PERIODS
- Sentence enders
- Sentence stoppers
- Stopping points
- Hockey game divisions
- Lunch and study hall
- Game divisions
- Stretches
- Time frames
- Sentence-ending marks
- Eras
More clues leading to the result ENDASHES
- Punctuation marks
- Bits of punctuation
- Minuses, basically
- - - -
- Some pause symbols in printing
- Kin of hyphens