The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word TIS , but the solution may also be ‘TWAS which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Quaint contraction crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TIS | 30 % | 3 |
| TWERE | 22 % | 5 |
| SHANT | 22 % | 5 |
| TWAS | 11 % | 4 |
| MAYNT | 5 % | 5 |
| EEN | 3 % | 3 |
| IFN | 3 % | 3 |
| ‘TWAS | 3 % | 7 |
| TISNT | 3 % | 5 |
Why may TWAS be the right solution?
The answer "‘TWAS" is a contraction of "it was," and it is considered quaint because it is an older or more old-fashioned way of saying "it was."
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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 TWERE
- "To know my deed, ___ best not know myself": Macbeth
- Shakespearean contraction
- Quaint contraction
- "O, that __ possible...": Tennyson
- Contraction that's an "i" dropper
- Poetic contraction
- Poetic contraction.
- Relative of 'twas.
- "___ well it were done quickly."
- Poetic verb.
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 TWAS
- "A Visit from St. Nicholas" opener
- "__ the night before ..."
- Clement C. Moore opener
- Holiday verse starter
- "___ the Night..."
- Christmas poem beginning
- Moore opening
- Holiday poem starter
- "Jabberwocky" start
- "Jabberwocky" opener
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 EEN
- Dusk, to Donne
- Late-October date suffix
- Late-October suffix
- Moreover, in poesy
- Night, in poetry
- October 31 suffix
- Poet's dusk
- Poetic contraction
- Poetic dusk
- Velvet finish?
More clues leading to the result IFN
- Quaint contraction
- Provided, to Li'l Abner
- Supposing that, in Dogpatch
- Dogpatch conditional
- Providing, so to speak
- Backwoods hypothetical
- Country cousin's conditional